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Saint Marys College of California
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Information Summary
Ranks 399th overall and 33rd in California
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
86.0 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$46,310 |
| Admission
Success rate |
82% |
| ACT / SAT
75 %ile scores |
/ 1180 |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
15 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
82% / N/A |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
3,962 |
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near Moraga, CA 94556
| Surrounding community | Large suburb (inside urban area but outside city, pop. over 250,000) |
|---|---|
| Total Population | 16,501 (16,407 urban / 94 rural) |
| Households | 5,753 (2.58 people per house) |
| Families | 4,385 (2.99 people per family) |
| Pop. — African American | 206 |
| Pop. — Asian | 2,469 |
| Pop. — Pacific Islander | 60 |
| Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native | 99 |
| Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic) | 13,912 |
| Pop. — Other | 406 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
| Undergraduate | Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Single doctoral (education) |
| Undergraduate Population | Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in |
| Enrollment | High undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Medium four-year, primarily residential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Doctoral degree |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Four-one-four plan |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |  |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning | |
|---|---|
| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | —
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| Study Abroad |  |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification | |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Saint Marys College of California?
Ranks 104th for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $30,930 | $30,930 | $30,930 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $150 | $150 | $150 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $1,104 | $1,104 | $1,104 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $29,680 | $29,680 | $29,680 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $848 | $848 | $848 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $46,310 | $46,310 | $46,310 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $45,192 | $45,192 | $45,192 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $36,174 | $36,174 | $36,174 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $27,280  $31,080 |
$27,280  $31,080 |
$27,280  $31,080 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $1,098  $1,206 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $10,010  $11,090 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $2,718  $2,934 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | $8,478  $9,288 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | $3,348  $3,618 |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | $3,600  $3,888 |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $55 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $50 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 3,929 (1,451 male / 2,478 female) |
| Admitted | 3,231 (1,097 male / 2,134 female) |
| Admission rate | 82% |
| First-time Enrollment | 611 (237 male / 374 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 611 (237 male / 374 female) |
| PT Enrollment | N/A (N/A male / N/A female) |
| Total Enrollment | 3,962 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does Saint Marys College of California use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record |  /  / |
| College Prep. Completion | |
| Recommendations | |
| Formal competency demo | N/A |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
= Neither required nor recommended
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does Saint Marys College of California accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NCAA |
|---|---|
| NCAA Basketball Conference | West Coast Conference |
| NCAA Baseball Conference | West Coast Conference |
| NCAA Track & Field Conference | West Coast Conference |
ACT Test Admission
| Applicants submitting ACT results | 11% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | / |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | / |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | / |
SAT Test Admission
Ranks 571st for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting SAT results | 81% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 480 / 590 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 480 / 590 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 960 / 1180 |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility | |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 1,554 |
| Meals per Week | 19 |
| Room Fee | $6,220 |
| Board Fee | $4,870 |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
Saint Marys College of California Ranks 3670th for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $3,802 | 140 |  21% |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $6,713 | 140 |  21% |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $13,764 | 433 |  64% |
| Student Loan Aid | $3,164 | 356 |  53% |
| Any financial aid type | 458 |  68% |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at Saint Marys College of California?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 31 | 33 | 64 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 87 | 170 | 257 |
Hispanic | 216 | 427 | 643 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 142 | 219 | 361 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 6 | 25 | 31 |
White Non-Hispanic | 733 | 1,318 | 2,051 |
Race Unknown | 150 | 405 | 555 |
| Total | 1,365 | 2,597 | 3,962 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at Saint Marys College of California?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 20 | 20 | 40 |
Hispanic | 43 | 61 | 104 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 21 | 51 | 72 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 1 | 4 | 5 |
White Non-Hispanic | 162 | 226 | 388 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 254 | 366 | 620 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at Saint Marys College of California.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 184 | 329 | |
| 80 | 54 | 134 | |
| 11 | 54 | 65 | |
| 17 | 31 | 48 | |
| 3 | 28 | 31 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
Saint Marys College of California Ranks 269th for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $79,221 ($80,360 male / $78,059 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 200 (101 male / 99 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 535 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 0.4 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $4,442,827 |
Saint Marys College of California Summary
The following paragraph provided courtesy of wikipedia.
Saint Mary’s College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California. It is known for its strong Liberal Arts education, including its unique Great Books and Seminar programs, its business program, which in recent years has become the college’s most popular program, and nursing school, Samuel Merritt College, whose campus is in Oakland, CA. Since then, more women have come to the college and by 2004, 60% of the students were women. The school also had the School of Extended Education for adults seeking to further their education and other non-traditional undergraduate students, but the program has recently been discontinued. Saint Mary’s College prides itself on being a Liberal Arts institution, and the majority of students are in the School of Liberal Arts. The School of Science has in the past few years grown as a result of a new science building, Brousseau Hall, which has made the college more appealing to students wishing to major in the life sciences. As a reflection of the school’s liberal arts tradition, most students are allowed to take a broad array of courses to fulfill the college’s general education requirement. However, aside from a common lower division religious studies course, students can take a variety of different courses to fulfill these requirements (for example, a course on U.S. History and a course on Psychology would satisfy the social science requirement). In addition to these general education courses, students must take four Collegiate Seminar, or Great Books courses. However, the program’s advocates argue that Collegiate Seminar encourages students to ask questions about the texts, and teaches them to logically articulate their thoughts and ideas more than students who do not go through such a program. Early Medieval Thought Renaissance Thought Modern Thought For students who want to devote their entire four years of study to the Great Books, not just the standard four semesters, Saint Mary’s offers the Integral Liberal Arts program, which was founded in 1956. Students spend all four years in seminar-style classes, and all courses are discussion-based, including math and science courses. There are roughly 100 students in the program at any given time, and it is not uncommon for class sizes to drop over the four years. For example, the class of 2006 began with over 40 students in the program but graduated just over 20. Many students decide after entering the program that the focus solely on the classics and the separation of the Integral program from the rest of the campus’s academics is not for them. These students are usually allowed to transfer out of the program after two years having all but one of their general education requirements satisfied. Generally speaking, students will share classes with the same set of classmates for all four years. Although administratively housed in the School of Liberal Arts, students in the Integral Program graduate separately and receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Integral Program. During the month of January students are required to take a class that is supposed to have nothing to do with their major, though many students ignore this. All students must take four Jan Term classes to graduate. Since the 1990s, a wide variety of clubs for students have been founded at the college. They include political clubs such as the Republican, Democratic, and “SMC Progressives” clubs, ethnic clubs such as the Black Student Union (BSU), the Latin American Student Association (LASA), Asia-Pacific American Student Association (APASA), South Asian, Hawaiian, Italian, German and Irish student unions and clubs, which are open to all students regardless of ethnicity, and clubs for students with career interests and hobbies, such as the accounting club and the chess club. The Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action coordinates most service work on campus, and each year students perform tens of thousands of hours of community service. The student government is handled by the Associated Students of Saint Mary’s College (ASSMC) and the office of Student Involvement and Leadership. It is not a requirement to be Catholic in order to attend Saint Mary’s, and students do not have to take courses in Catholicism (two general Religious Studies classes are required, an introductory course of the Bible as literature and an elective of the student’s choosing). Saint Mary’s has an academic support center which helps students who have disabilities and other special needs. There are also offices set up to assist students of color (41% of the student body identifies as an ethnic minority) and first-generation college students (over one-third of the total students). Some student organizations sponsor a variety of people from around the world to speak at Saint Mary’s College. All of these halls are “suite” style living and each suite comes with three or four bedrooms, accommodates six students, and has its own bathroom and shower. In addition to several student resident advisers, each residence hall also has at least one resident director, who is often a professor and lives in the residence hall. Also in the student union are Dryden Hall, a game room/lounge for all students, Delphine Intercultural Center, and the bookstore. The Power Plant, slightly old and antiquated, is where students work out, but the college hopes to replace it within a few years. Students are given three weeks off for Christmas following Fall semester, one week off following Jan-Term (which many students use to visit friends at other colleges, many of which do not have a week off in January), and one week in the middle of Spring semester for Easter. However, beginning in the fall semester of 2006, classes midday on Monday and Friday were changed to an hour and a half, freeing up time during the middle of the day on Wednesday for what the college is calling “community time,” during which events (guest speakers, cultural events, concerts, BBQs, special masses, etc.) can be scheduled by various campus groups (student, faculty or staff). Many students and faculty who live on campus and do not have cars believe that the public transportation for Saint Mary’s College is not good enough. Over the past couple of years students and administrators have attempted to create a shuttle system for students to use, but have had no success.
Saint Marys College of California Academics
The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. For instance, the university has a Cross-Registration, Double Major, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Weekend College. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. St. Mary’s College of California is unique in its study options.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at St. Mary’s College of California.
- Mathematics:
- Mathematics – General
- English Language and Literature:
- English, English Language & Literature – General
- Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:
- Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness, Sport/Fitness Administration
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Biochemistry, Biology
- Social Sciences:
- Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Art – General, Arts – General, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies
- Popular majors:
- twenty-seven percent business per marketing, twelve percent communications per journalism, eleven percent social sciences, ten percent liberal arts, nine percent psychology, six percent english
- Foreign Language and Literature:
- Classics, Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry, Physics
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, International Business
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric
- Health and Clinical Sciences:
- Health System Administration
- History:
- History – General
- Multiple or Interdisciplinary:
- Biopsychology, Mathematics/Computer Science
Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of May. Again, for international students, the application fee is 55.
Saint Marys College of California Admissions
This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty-five dollars regular application fee, fifty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, fifty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were four hundred and forty-six total number of transfer students who applied and two hundred and eighty-five total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 85%. Remember that this can change at any time.
Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of July, with priority applications due on the 1st of February. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of February and Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 30th of November. The regular application is due the 1st of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of May. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 2nd of March.
Saint Marys College of California Financial Aid
If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation and Athletics. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at sixty percent scholarships per grants and forty percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Art, Minority Status and Music/Drama.
Saint Marys College of California Students
St. Mary’s College of California offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Moreover, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Moreover, the student body consists of eighty-four percent in-state students, sixteen percent out-of-state students, sixty-one percent women, thirty-nine percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, eleven percent asian per pacific islander, five percent black per non-hispanic, twenty-four percent hispanic, fifty-two percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, six percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-one percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and two percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Roman Catholic Church, Coed, where 85 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. The school’s size is approximately three thousand, two hundred and ninety-one degree-seeking undergrads, six hundred and seventy-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and one thousand, one hundred and forty-one graduate enrollment.
This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as art museum. After all, the school is located 20 miles from San Francisco.Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, eighty-nine percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-three percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, three hundred and fifty dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.
Saint Marys College of California Athletics
The following sports can be found here:
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
- Men’s NCAA Division IAA Football
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
- Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
- Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
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