MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY A-7

16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd.
Emmitsburg, MD 21727-7799
Tel: (301)447-6122; 800-448-4347; Admissions: (301)447-5214; E-mail: admissions@msmary.edu; Web Site: http://www.msmary.edu/

Description: Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1808. Setting: 1,400-acre rural campus with easy access to Baltimore and Washington, DC. Endowment: $27.2 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $6565 per student. Total enrollment: 2,088. Faculty: 149 (92 full-time, 57 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 1,803 applied, 90% were admitted. 18% from top 10% of their high school class, 44% from top quarter, 78% from top half. 6 valedictorians. full-time: 1,371 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 222 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 24 states and territories, 5 other countries, 44% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 5% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 3% 25 or older, 83% live on campus, 2% transferred in. Retention: 78% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences and history; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Frederick Community College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early action, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 12/1 for early action. Notification: continuous, 12/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $28,400 includes full-time tuition ($20,800), mandatory fees ($200), and college room and board ($7400). College room only: $3600. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $694 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $5 per credit.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 50 open to all. Most popular organizations: campus ministry, Rugby Team Club, Ice Hockey Club, Circle K, International Affairs Organization. Major annual events: Opening Picnic, Spring Fling, Mountapalooza. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,205 college housing spaces available; 1,119 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Phillips Library with 211,158 books, 17,885 microform titles, 905 serials, 4,825 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $845,070. 135 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.