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Mount Saint Mary's University

Mount Saint Mary's University
12001 Chalon Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Official telephone: (310) 954-4000
Fax number: (310) 954-4259
Website: https://www.msmu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 74%
Student:Faculty ratio: 9:1
Total faculty: 122 men, 330 women
Full-time faculty: 42 men, 86 women
Part-time faculty: 80 men, 244 women
Graduation rate: 55% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, online courses
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Acting
  • American/United States Studies/Civilization
  • Applied and Professional Ethics
  • Applied Psychology
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Commercial Photography
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Criminology
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Documentary Production
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Biology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Gerontology
  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International Policy Analysis
  • Journalism
  • Latin American Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music History, Literature, and Theory
  • Music Management
  • Music Pedagogy
  • Music Technology
  • Music Therapy/Therapist
  • Music, General
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photography
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other
  • Pre-Nursing Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Publishing
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Data Analytics, General
  • Digital Marketing
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
Diplomas

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Education, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
Doctorates

  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Physical Therapy/Therapist
Master's Degrees

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Creative Writing
  • Documentary Production
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness
  • Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Nursing Administration
  • Nursing Education
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photography
  • Playwriting and Screenwriting
  • Project Management
  • Psychology, Other
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
    (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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