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Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·marymount.edu
6-yr Graduation
54%
-3.0pp vs Doctoral/Professional
Total enrollment
4,060
peer median 4,152
Avg net price
$25,153
+$2.5k vs Doctoral/Professional
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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
4,329
4,329 candidates competed
Admitted
4,033
93.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
466
11.6% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
54%-3.0pp vs Doctoral/Professional
4-year graduation
42%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
54%
Full-time retention
73%

Pell equity

5.0pp gap
Pell recipients
48%
Non-Pell
43%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

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

Of 72 Title IV programs, 23 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 49 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
72
Passing
23
31.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

72programs
  • Passing23 · 31.9%
  • No Data49 · 68.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
21
No data
49

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.

23
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+5.1%
$63,897 vs $60,817
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+24.8%
$44,896 vs $35,969
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+31.3%
$47,218 vs $35,969
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+34.3%
$62,324 vs $46,391
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+44.5%
$87,886 vs $60,817
Design and Applied Arts
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+47.5%
$69,957 vs $47,421
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+54.7%
$55,646 vs $35,969
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+55.3%
$55,869 vs $35,969

Debt vs earnings

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

18
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
179%
$156,904 debt · $87,886 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
98%
$62,754 debt · $63,897 earn
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
76%
$58,899 debt · $77,172 earn
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
57%
$25,739 debt · $44,896 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
54%
$33,502 debt · $62,324 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
50%
$27,631 debt · $55,646 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
48%
$27,000 debt · $55,869 earn
Specialized Sales Merchandising and Marketing Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
48%
$26,750 debt · $56,160 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1958Next review Dec 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 10

Action history · 16

  1. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Nov 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
  3. Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Apr 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Apr 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels

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$21,888
$30–48k$23,980
$48–75k$24,661
$75–110k$29,865
$110k+$28,619

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

Avg net price (private)
$25,153
+$2,483vs Doctoral/Professional median $22,670
Federal loans
35.0%
In-state tuition
$39,050
Out-of-state
$39,050

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 653 students received $3.9M in Pell grants, alongside $36.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
653
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.9M
$3,879,674 total
Direct Loans
$36.7M
2,899 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.7M
667 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.0M
756 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$14.9M
811 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.5M
237 loan awards
Grad PLUS$10.6M
428 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 787 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
787
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.0%
2017
3.4%
2018
3.3%
2019
1.1%
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 Marymount

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs73
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

897 total completions
01Health Professions
28231.4%
02Computer Sciences
14215.8%
03Psychology
12814.3%
04Education
12513.9%
05Business
10011.1%
06Biological Sciences
262.9%
07Security/Protective
262.9%
08Visual/Performing Arts
252.8%
09Engineering Tech
242.7%
10Social Sciences
192.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
4,060
12-mo unduplicated
4,459
Undergraduate
2,663
Graduate
1,796

Gender split

Men
40%1,775
Women
60%2,684

Race / ethnicity composition

White
29.7%
Hispanic
26.4%
Black
14.7%
Non-resident
11.9%
Asian
7.2%
Unknown
5.2%
Two or more
4.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
431
247 M · 184 W
Women athletes
42.7%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$22K
$13K
Head-coach salaries
$44K
$37K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Soccer
36 M · 43 W
$431K
Lacrosse
41 M · 22 W
$426K
Baseball
53 M ·
$226K
Wrestling
37 M · 8 W
$164K
Volleyball
17 M · 22 W
$325K
Basketball
16 M · 17 W
$437K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.35
5 offenses · 3,711 students

3-year trend

0.912 yrs ago1.971 yr ago1.35Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
15
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
3
Fondling
2

By location

5total
  • On campus2
  • Non-campus3

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
2
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs016
Liquor016

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
148

Marymount vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Marymount 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
SubjectMarymount University
54%4,060$25,153Doctoral/Professional
Hampton University
57%62.2%4,244$32,145Doctoral/Professional
Shenandoah University
66%77.0%4,454$30,055Doctoral/Professional
University of Lynchburg
57%43.0%2,316$20,187Doctoral/Professional
Mary Baldwin University
39%87.1%1,772$17,833Doctoral/Professional
Regent University
58%38.1%10,657$18,749Doctoral/Professional
Peer group median57%62.2%4,152$22,670

Frequently asked questions about Marymount University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Marymount.

What is the graduation rate at Marymount University?

Marymount University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 54% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Marymount University?

Marymount University reports a total enrollment of 4,060 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Marymount University?

The average net price at Marymount University is $25,153 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Marymount University?

Marymount University's yield rate is 11.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Marymount University located?

Marymount University is located in Arlington, Virginia 22207-4299.

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