Mount Mary University
Private College in Milwaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $48,745.
Ten years after entry, the median Mount Mary University student earns $48,745 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,288, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Mount Mary University accepts 62% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. Only 1,322 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 17% of enrolled first-years who submitted an ACT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 1 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 18–21 | 20 (17%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 34% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 703 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,390 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,155 while those at $110k+ pay $27,371. 99% of students get grant aid averaging $26,155, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 70% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 171 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,155 |
| $30–48k | $19,013 |
| $48–75k | $19,277 |
| $75–110k | $20,584 |
| $110k+ | $27,371 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 491 of these 703 students, totalling $3,165,839 — an average of $6,448 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)