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Mount Saint Mary College

Mount Saint Mary College was recently included in Research.com’s Best Colleges in New York Rankings, landing firmly in the top 100.

The Mount reached number 88 on the list. 

Research.com is a respected university ranking platform that assists students in making informed educational choices. The rankings by Research.com were compiled via a deep analysis of numerous data points gathered from reliable sources such as IPEDS and College ScoreCard. They were based on affordability, quality of education, and projected alumni salary. 

According to the Mount’s survey results, 91 percent of recent alumni are employed or attending grad school within six months of graduation. In addition, the average salary of these grads is more than $80,000.

The college’s graduate Business program was also praised by Research.com. The Mount was featured on the website’s Best Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree Program Rankings, where it received the organization’s Best MBA Degree Programs in America award. 

It’s not just Research.com that has ranked the Mount a top tier college recently. The Mount was also named the best college in the nation for women in STEM by Washington Monthly College Guide, in the category of undergraduate Mathematics. The publication compared the gender distribution of every STEM program in more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States. This was done using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Mount was ranked number one in the nation for undergraduate Mathematics, with women accounting for 73.1 percent of the college’s recent Mathematics graduates.

On U.S. News and World Report’s comprehensive lists of top-tier regional universities for 2024-2025, the Mount was in the best 100 colleges in the category of Regional Universities (North), coming in at number 84. These rankings assess academic quality, including first-year student retention, student excellence, graduation rate, and more. 

U.S. News and World Report also ranked the Mount as one of its top 2024-2025 colleges in the category of Social Mobility: Regional Universities North, where the college was in the top 70. This category measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants. Students receiving these grants typically come from economically disadvantaged households.

 

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