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Mount St. Mary’s University is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near historic Emmitsburg, Maryland, with a satellite campus for adult students in Frederick, Maryland’s second largest city.
The university offers more than 70 majors, minors, concentrations and special programs for traditional undergraduate students, and 20 adult undergraduate and graduate level programs.
You’ll find high challenge, as well as high support at every turn.
Learn about academic programs
For undergraduate students, the Mount offers more than 40 majors, minors, concentrations, interdisciplinary and special programs.
Now is the time to earn that degree you’ve always wanted, while still working. The Mount offers working adults a choice of five different undergraduate degrees with curriculum and formats designed to accommodate busy, working lifestyles.
Earn one of ten well-respected graduate degrees or one of eight one-year graduate certificates in a convenient format designed for working adults.
Students here succeed because of how we are together - a single, nurturing community - students, faculty, staff, alumni.
Learn About Life on Campus
From AMP, outdoor adventures, and Student Government, to the Office of Social Justice and Center for Student Diversity, you’re sure to find something to pour yourself into here.
There is a warm spirituality here that you will find peaceful and reassuring, regardless of where you are in your spiritual journey.
From medicine to business to nonprofits, our graduates make an impact in their chosen paths.
See success stories
Moriah Tyler, C’19, fine arts major, focuses on the human experience and the process of seeing, noticing and imagining.
Inside the classroom of Sara Madgey, C’09, M.Ed., 11, a fourth-grade teacher at McDonogh Lower School in Owings Mills, Maryland, a poster hangs on the wall that reads: Never settle for less than your best.
And the Career Center is there every step of the way, from the minute you arrive throughout your working career after you leave the Mount. They'll help you choose a major, find an internship, and connect you with some of our outstanding alums so you can see just how they are living significantly.
