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# Mount Saint Mary's University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Mount Saint Mary's University?

Mount Saint Mary's University’s reported acceptance rate is 73.1%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
73.1%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Mount Saint Mary's University admitted 73.1% of its reported applicant pool, a rate that summarizes the admissions outcome for that cycle rather than an individual prediction. The rate sits below the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Mount Saint Mary's University students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Mount Saint Mary's University in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Mount Saint Mary's University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
57.1%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
16.4%

**First-year retention**
71.1%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Mount Saint Mary's University enrolls a substantial share of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants, so federal grant aid is part of the campus’s financial-access picture. 57.1% of its 1,719 undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 16.4% enter after beginning college elsewhere.

The undergraduate body therefore includes both people using Pell support and people arriving through transfer pathways, rather than only students entering directly from high school. These figures describe enrollment composition, not admission priorities or any applicant’s prospects.

Students who enroll encounter retention below the comparable-institution midpoint, while six-year completion is close to it. 71.1% of full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students return for a second year, below the peer median of 74.2% for comparable institutions.

The first-time full-time cohort’s [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 53.2%, below the comparable-institution median of 54.9%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 64.7%, above the overall rate by 11.5 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect retention and overall completion to sit somewhat below peer medians, alongside a higher completion rate for Pell recipients than for the cohort overall.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).