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Is Mount Saint Mary's University worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for Mount Saint Mary's, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Workable
Mount Saint Mary's lands in the workable band for a typical family. Median debt of $25,949 can be carried by median long-run earnings of $72,379, but the margin is not huge. For context, Mount Saint Mary's's net price runs about 20% above the typical 4-year, private nonprofit school. This is the kind of school where your actual aid offer can move the answer meaningfully.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 1237 similar 4-year, private nonprofit schools
This school
$27,434
/yrAverage school like this
$22,837
/yrThis weighs on your Worth-It Score
You'd pay about $4,597 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $18,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price sits in a range that leaves more room for family cash flow and lower borrowing.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$21,413
Median earnings 10 years out
$72,379
Median debt at graduation
$25,949
Graduation rate
53%
At Mount Saint Mary's, a typical graduate carries about $25,949 in student debt and earns roughly $72,379 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $295 per month, or 5% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
How earnings compare to a high school diploma
Graduates earn $30,579 more than the typical high school graduate ($41,800) ten years after entering this school. A federal rule finalized in July 2026 ties undergraduate student-loan eligibility to a comparison like this one, with the first calculations expected in 2027.
86% of former students here out-earned that benchmark ten years after entry, per College Scorecard.
Context, not a federal determination: the official test will use earnings measured four years after completion and thresholds the Department of Education has not yet published, which may vary by state. Our figure is College Scorecard median earnings ten years after entry. How this works
What this means for your family
Mount Saint Mary's is a private nonprofit four year school in Los Angeles, CA. Private pricing can swing more dramatically based on aid, so your personalized score matters more here than the national average view alone.
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Common questions about Mount Saint Mary's
The median net price at Mount Saint Mary's is $21,413 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →
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