Which Mount St. Mary's University major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Mount St. Mary's University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Mount St. Mary's University cost?

Tuition and fees are $48,630 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,655 a year.

How many Mount St. Mary's University programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Mount St. Mary's University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Mount St. Mary's University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Emmitsburg, MD
1,768 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Mount St. Mary's University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($64,849), and Political Science the least ($29,800). The median program pays $41,713.

Tuition and fees$48,630Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,655Per year

Graduation rate65%Within 6 years

Admission rate74%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Maryland. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maryland
1	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$64,849	$75,754	$19,500	5th of 10
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$57,612	Not reported	$21,240	7th of 10
3	BusinessAbout 76 graduates a year	$46,859	$76,055	$21,500	3rd of 3
4	CriminologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$43,230	$76,537	$27,000	2nd of 2
5	SociologyAbout 3 graduates a year	$40,196	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 9
6	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$39,055	$52,280	$26,312	5th of 10
7	Experimental PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$34,454	$49,357	$21,500	2nd of 2
8	Political ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$29,800	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maryland ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Maryland programs in the field do too.

6 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Accounting$64,849
Computer and Information Science$57,612
Business$46,859
Criminology$43,230
Sociology$40,196

Lowest median debt

Accounting$19,500
Computer and Information Science$21,240
Business$21,500
Experimental Psychology$21,500
Communications$26,312

Largest programs

BusinessAbout 76 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 58 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 30 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $64,849 in their first year, the most of 8 Mount St. Mary's University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Maryland rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels