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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
Website: https://www.MSMU.edu
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 71%
Student:Faculty ratio: 8:1
Total faculty: 112 men, 297 women
Full-time faculty: 37 men, 85 women
Part-time faculty: 75 men, 212 women
Graduation rate: 52% within six years

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
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
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • 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
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Commercial Photography
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Criminology
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Biology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • 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
  • 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 Therapy/Therapist
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Pre-Nursing Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Acting
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Data Analytics, General
  • Digital Marketing
  • Documentary Production
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Gerontology
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Photography
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Diplomas

  • Acting
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Creative Writing
  • Documentary Production
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photography
  • Psychology, Other
  • Publishing
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

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

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Acting
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • 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:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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