Mount Saint Mary's University

Private nonprofit school in Los Angeles, California. 1,719 undergraduates. School website

85.8%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$27,235
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$104,483
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Mount Saint Mary's University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 85.8% of the time (556 test-takers), 2.9 points below the California BSN average of 88.7%.
  • That puts it 36th of 44 ranked BSN programs in California on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $27,235 a year is $9,744 above the $17,491 median of the 39 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate rose 2.4 points between 2022/2023 and 2024/2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2022/2023 169 first-time takers81.7%
  • 2023/2024 186 first-time takers91.4%
  • 2024/2025 201 first-time takers84.1%

California BSN average, latest year: 88.7%

Source: California board of nursing, fiscal (Jul-Jun). Listed by the board as Mount St. Mary's University - BSN.

Nursing programs at Mount Saint Mary's University

Nursing programs at Mount Saint Mary's University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)223$25,000$104,483CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)1–$186,308CCNENo

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

55% of first-time, full-time students at Mount Saint Mary's University finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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