Career outcomes brief

Mount Saint Mary's University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated October 1, 2026

How much do Mount Saint Mary's University graduates earn?

The reported median is $79,546 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $23,631 per year.

Return stands out at Mount Saint Mary's University: Azimuth places its return in the 94th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $30,325 more than expects for similar students.

That earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 99th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $87.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $30,238. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $79,546, in the 88th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915, with Mount Saint Mary's $23,631 above it. The model result and peer comparison point in the same direction.

At Mount Saint Mary's University, the upside earnings scenario is $119,050, compared with $50,354 in the downside scenario and $79,546 in the typical scenario. These scenarios model the program mix rather than observed groups of graduates.

Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $74,449 in Accounting, $63,194 in Business Administration and Management, and $59,575 in Sociology. Those field results show that the schoolwide scenario range contains markedly different earnings paths.

An estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $79,546
Rank for difference from expectations: 99th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Mount Saint Mary's University reported median: $79,546
Peer schools comparable schools · $23,631 below Mount Saint Mary's University: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $30,325 below Mount Saint Mary's University: $49,221

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $50,354
Median · reported: $79,546
Higher estimate: $119,050

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Mount Saint Mary's University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Mount Saint Mary's University graduates’ reported earnings are $30,325 above that expectation, the 99th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Mount Saint Mary's University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Mount Saint Mary's University report the highest earnings?

Nursing sets the higher-earning end at Mount Saint Mary's University, with median earnings of $119,050 four years after completion across 195 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks the program #17 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Its earnings stand apart from the more moderate fields among the university’s larger programs. At the moderate end, Business Administration and Management recorded $63,194 across 20 degrees awarded; Sociology posted $59,575 with 18 degrees awarded; and Liberal Arts and General Studies had $56,616 across 15 degrees awarded, all four years after completion.

The program-level medians show a clear divide between Nursing and these other large fields.

Health Professions accounts for 49.0% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, making it the central program family at Mount Saint Mary's University. Azimuth lists 2 ranked program.

In that field, Azimuth ranks Nursing #17 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; it awarded 195 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $119,050 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 20 degrees and had median earnings of $63,194 four years after completion.

Sociology awarded 18 degrees, with median earnings of $59,575 at that point. The program picture ranges from a large, high-earning health field to smaller fields with lower earnings figures.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $119,050
Accounting and Related Services: $74,449
Business Administration, Management and Operations: $63,194
Sociology: $59,575
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities: $56,616
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology: $52,940
Film/Video and Photographic Arts: $47,091
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services: $39,318

Explore Mount Saint Mary's University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Nursing anchors the upper end at $119,050 four years after completion, whereas Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology is the lowest-earning among the largest programs with published earnings at $52,940. The program-mix model sets a downside scenario of $50,354, a typical scenario of $79,546, and an upside scenario of $119,050, showing that earnings differ markedly by field.

Mount Saint Mary's University presents an earnings picture that sits high in its comparison set. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $79,546 four years after completion.

Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, from an earnings cohort of 913 completers. Graduates earn about $30,325 more than the model expects for similar students.

The earnings scenarios span $50,354 on the downside and $119,050 on the upside, while the typical scenario aligns with the reported median. An estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The high median and higher-than-expected earnings point the same way.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

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

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.