Consortium on Quality Education Campus Statements

Mount St. Mary's College

A. Campus description

Size

• Small, Catholic women's college located in Los Angeles
• 1,753 undergraduate students
• 313 graduate students
• 2,066 total students
• Student-faculty ratio is 15:1

Students served

• First generation college students 62%
• Traditional undergraduates live in dormitories (both campuses) 56%
• Catholic (undergraduates) 68%
• From public high schools 65%
• First-time freshmen from Southern California 91%
• Overall student population comes from 23 states and 5 foreign countries.
• Mount St. Mary's College undergraduates reflect the ethnic diversity of California more closely than any other independent college in the state.

Associate/Baccalaureate

• Asian-Pacific Islander 9%/23%
• Hispanic 65%/39%
• Native American 0%/1%
• White 5 %/21%
• Other (unstated) 8%/7%

Freshman to sophomore retention rate

• Fall 1998 85%
• Fall 1997 88%

Graduation rate-Baccalaureate

• Enrolled in 1995 59%
• Enrolled in 1996 56%

Graduation rate-Associate

• Enrolled in 1998 80%
• Enrolled in 1997 78