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Mount Marty University

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Yankton, SD697 students
Acceptance Rate
43%
moderate
Median SAT
1,120
Net Price After Aid
$23.2k
Sticker $34.3k
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Mount Marty University is a private institution in Yankton, SD with an acceptance rate of 43% and 697 students. The average net price after financial aid is $23,163 per year.

About Mount Marty University

A private 4-year town university in Yankton, SD.

Mount Marty University campus
Campus · Yankton

Mount Marty University is a college in Yankton, SD. It enrolls roughly 697 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 43%.

PlainsTownPrivate4-yearEducation
Acceptance Rate
43%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
697
Small
Retention
68%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
43%
43 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.43
Average across admitted students

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 3.43 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Mount Marty University. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,120
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
1825
22
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
3.113.86
3.43
average

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Personal essay required
  • Test-optional
  • No application fee

Deadlines (2026-27)

Regular Decision
Jul 29, 2027

Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Aug 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Mount Marty University after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $34,250
Average net price after aid
$23,163
67% of students receive financial aid

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$18,894
$30,001 – $48,000
$20,254
$48,001 – $75,000
$25,226
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$25,145

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
22%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
41%
Avg loan $14,750 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Mount Marty University concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
12.95:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Education
23% of degrees awarded
Retention
68%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Mount Marty University. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White38%
  • Asian43%
  • Hispanic6%
  • Black4%
  • Two or more races2%
  • International5%

Gender

  • Female43%
  • Male57%
International
9%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
697

Outcomes after graduation

What Mount Marty University graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$48.2k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$48.2k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$14.8k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$23.2k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$48k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 61% graduation rate is below the national average.

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