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College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·csm.edu
6-yr Graduation
61%
+5.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
786
peer median 1,434
Avg net price
$14,986
-$7.1k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
533
533 candidates competed
Admitted
238
44.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
84
35.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
61%+5.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
51%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
61%
Full-time retention
80%

Pell equity

20.0pp gap
Pell recipients
51%
Non-Pell
71%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 29 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 23 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
29
Passing
6
20.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

29programs
  • Passing6 · 20.7%
  • No Data23 · 79.3%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
5
No data
23

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

6
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+15.4%
$61,938 vs $53,672
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+25.1%
$53,694 vs $42,937
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+25.3%
$67,253 vs $53,672
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+78.5%
$64,401 vs $36,082
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+104.5%
$73,801 vs $36,082
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+136.4%
$126,906 vs $53,672

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
81%
$102,881 debt · $126,906 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
76%
$41,000 debt · $53,694 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
56%
$37,900 debt · $67,253 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
46%
$33,640 debt · $73,801 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
42%
$27,000 debt · $64,401 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
26%
$16,350 debt · $61,938 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$10,345 debt · $55,697 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1958Next review Aug 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 8

Action history · 10

  1. Aug 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
  2. Oct 2022Initial Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
  3. Oct 2022Initial Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
  4. Dec 2021Initial Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  5. Mar 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$9,936
$30–48k$10,749
$48–75k$10,242
$75–110k$19,478
$110k+$22,739

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$14,986
-$7,118vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $22,105
Federal loans
56.4%
In-state tuition
$23,340
Out-of-state
$23,340

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 243 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $9.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
243
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.3M
$1,298,666 total
Direct Loans
$9.2M
726 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$762K
203 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$885K
209 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.5M
179 loan awards
Parent PLUS$316K
16 loan awards
Grad PLUS$3.8M
119 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 372 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.2%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.2%
-2.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
372
Defaulted
1
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.3%
2017
3.9%
2018
1.8%
2019
0.2%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at College of Saint Mary

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs36
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

215 total completions
01Health Professions
13462.3%
02Education
2310.7%
03Business
146.5%
04Parks/Recreation
136.0%
05Liberal Arts
104.7%
06Psychology
83.7%
07Multi/Interdisciplinary
52.3%
08Legal Professions
31.4%
09Biological Sciences
31.4%
10Physical Sciences
20.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
786
12-mo unduplicated
856
Undergraduate
570
Graduate
286

Gender split

Men
8%67
Women
92%789

Race / ethnicity composition

White
56.9%
Hispanic
22.6%
Black
9.2%
Two or more
3.1%
Unknown
2.9%
Asian
2.2%
Non-resident
2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.67
4 offenses · 857 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago2.971 yr ago4.67Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
7
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
4
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
4

By location

4total
  • On campus4

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
8.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
77

College of Saint Mary vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions College of Saint Mary selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectCollege of Saint Mary
61%786$14,986Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Fontbonne University
40%95.0%332$18,251Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Mount Mercy University
58%82.5%1,417$23,435Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Saint Mary
48%86.6%1,462$23,335Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Sioux Falls
62%82.9%1,450$20,874Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
MidAmerica Nazarene University
54%78.8%1,538$29,520Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median56%82.9%1,434$22,105

Frequently asked questions about College of Saint Mary

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about College of Saint Mary.

What is the graduation rate at College of Saint Mary?

College of Saint Mary reports a 6-year graduation rate of 61% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend College of Saint Mary?

College of Saint Mary reports a total enrollment of 786 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at College of Saint Mary?

The average net price at College of Saint Mary is $14,986 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at College of Saint Mary?

College of Saint Mary's yield rate is 35.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is College of Saint Mary located?

College of Saint Mary is located in Omaha, Nebraska 68106.

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