Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, CA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
88.5%
3,816 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
69.0%
Retention 85.4%
Undergrads
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10:1 S-F
Admissions
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92.1% / 86.5%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications4,310
Overall admit rate88.5%
In-state admit rate92.1%
Out-of-state admit rate86.5%
Enrolled424 · 11.1% yield
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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$59,251
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$59,251
Fees$500
Books$1,062
Avg need-based grant$40,091
% need met73.8%
Avg debt at graduation$20,858
Academics
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10 : 1
student-faculty ratio
85.4% retention
Student-faculty10 : 1
Retention85.4%
4-year graduation60.8%
6-year graduation69.0%
Enrollment
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undergraduates
10 intl freshmen
First-year424
Transfer116
Full-time95%
Female54%
International (freshmen)10
Rankings
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#7
U.S. News & World Report
Best Regional Universities — West
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Regional Universities — West#726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#32426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Master's University (Larger)
Carnegie Classification
27 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationMaster's University (Larger)27
Federal designationHispanic-Serving Institution47
Athletic conferenceWest Coast Conference9
Athletic divisionNCAA D142
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Early actionoffered
Admissions URLhttps://www.stmarys-ca.edu/apply
Admissions emailsmcadmit@stmarys-ca.edu
Admissions phone(925) 631-4224
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of San …
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of San Francisco CA · Private (nonprofit)61.7%13005K
Santa Clara University CA · Private (nonprofit)47.9%14106K
Loyola Marymount University CA · Private (nonprofit)48.2%13507K
University of the Pacific CA · Private (nonprofit)93.2%12603K
Chapman University CA · Private (nonprofit)72.0%13507K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Saint Mary's College of California

13 years of Saint Mary's College of California's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.