Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, California · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
15of 16 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year). 1 falls short.
16 of 72 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 56: 54 with no earnings published and 2 with nothing reported. 2 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 26 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$21,413 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$21,413 a year
About $85,652 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $23,849 |
| $30k to $48k | $13,718 |
| $48k to $75k | $17,876 |
| $75k to $110k | $30,247 |
| $110k and up | $18,762 |
| All families (average) | $21,413 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical California high-school graduate ($36,976 a year).
23 of 98 programs could be assessed 23% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $119,050 | +$82,074 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.3 yrs | 172 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $69,430 | +$32,454 | above HS line | $61,500 | 1.9 yrs | 104 |
| Nursing | Associate's Degree | $109,938 | +$72,962 | clears the bar | $18,069 | 0.2 yrs | 38 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $59,575 | +$22,599 | clears the bar | $28,915 | 1.3 yrs | 27 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $38,5121-year earnings | +$1,536 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $30,000 | 19.5 yrs | 20 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $109,544 | +$72,568 | above HS line | $41,000 | 0.6 yrs | 20 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $70,0101-year earnings | +$33,034 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $39,318 | +$2,342 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 11.1 yrs | 16 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $52,940 | +$15,964 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.7 yrs | 16 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $63,194 | +$26,218 | clears the bar | $31,250 | 1.2 yrs | 16 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $68,305 | +$31,329 | above HS line | $40,999 | 1.3 yrs | 14 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $33,1461-year earnings | -$3,830 | falls short (1-yr) | $28,000 | no earnings gain | 10 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $79,053 | +$42,077 | above HS line | $49,100 | 1.2 yrs | 9 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $56,616 | +$19,640 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $74,449 | +$37,473 | clears the bar | $27,373 | 0.7 yrs | 6 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | $47,091 | +$10,115 | clears the bar | $26,188 | 2.6 yrs | 4 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $49,222 | +$12,246 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.2 yrs | 1 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Associate's Degree | $59,802 | +$22,826 | clears the bar | $15,875 | 0.7 yrs | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | $40,668 | +$3,692 | clears the bar | $17,500 | 4.7 yrs | 0 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | $105,024 | +$68,048 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.4 yrs | 0 |
| Business Administration | Associate's Degree | $54,075 | +$17,099 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $59,1591-year earnings | +$22,183 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Doctoral Degree | $95,385 | +$58,409 | above HS line | $173,420 | 3.0 yrs | not published |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 46 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 33 |
| Criminology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $29,036 | not assessed | 12 |
| Film and Photography | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $29,000 | not assessed | 7 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $26,500 | not assessed | 7 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Healthcare Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Area Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Human Resources | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Publishing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Gerontology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Analytics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Analytics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Security Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Human Services | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Human Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Geography and Cartography | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Theatre | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Theatre | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Practical and Vocational Nursing | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Practical and Vocational Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Marketing | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Design | Associate's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Healthcare Administration | Associate's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Business | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,976 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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