About
Founded in 1808 as the nation’s oldest independent Catholic university, Mount St. Mary’s University is celebrated for its tight-knit community, values-centered education, and scenic campus at the foot of the Catoctin Mountains. Academically, the Mount is distinguished by a robust liberal arts core alongside top-tier programs in business, cybersecurity, pre-health sciences, and education. Student life blends a deep commitment to community service and campus ministry with high-energy NCAA Division I athletics in the MAAC. Setting the university apart is its rich spiritual heritage, highlighted on campus by the historic National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and one of the nation's premier Catholic seminaries.
Wikipedia:Mount St. Mary's University is a private Catholic university in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States. It has the largest Catholic seminary in the United States. Undergraduate programs are divided between the College of Liberal Arts, the Richard J. Bolte School of Business, and the School of Natural Science and Mathematics. "The Mount" has over 40 undergraduate majors, minors, concentrations, and special programs, as well as bachelor's/master's combinations in partnership with other universities, 8 master's programs, and 6 postgraduate certificate programs.
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Essay prompts
If Mount St. Mary's University asks for supplemental essays, the prompts are in the Common App.
The personal essay is separate: see the Common App essay prompts.
Student Body
Varsity sports
- BaseballMen's
- BasketballMen's · Women's
- BowlingWomen's
- GolfMen's · Women's
- LacrosseMen's · Women's
- Other SportsMen's · Women's · Co-ed
- SoccerMen's · Women's
- SoftballWomen's
- SwimmingMen's · Women's
- TennisMen's · Women's
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)Men's · Women's
- Water PoloMen's · Women's
Programs & Earnings
Institutional
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