Private nonprofit · University
Mount Marty University
Yankton, South Dakota · Remote town
- 42.6%
- Admit rate
- $22,227
- Avg net price
- 52%
- Graduation rate
- $48,179
- Median earnings
Mount Marty University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Yankton, South Dakota (remote town setting), enrolling 697 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
Will you get in?
See where your numbers land against Mount Marty University's admitted students.
- Admit rate
- 42.6%
- ACT (mid 50%)
- 18–25
- Avg GPA (est.)
- 3.30
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A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Mount Marty University's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.
About Yankton, South Dakota
Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. As part of the vast Louisiana Purchase, the site of Yankton was visited by Lewis and Clark in 1804. In the journals of the expedition, the explorers write of a meeting on August 30, 1804, with members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe on a Missouri River bluff known as Calumet Bluff. Mount Marty University offers several cultural assets and venues in Yankton, including the Bede Art Gallery, which showcases artwork from regional and Native American artists, as well as Marian Auditorium, which hosts performing and fine art events. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote town
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 58 miles to Sioux Falls, SD
- To Great Lakes shore
- 373 miles
- Nearest airport
- 60 miles to Sioux Falls (FSD)
How Mount Marty University compares
More selective than 88% · #1 most selective of 11 in South Dakota
Higher than 37%
Higher than 45% · #6 of 11 in South Dakota
Higher than 25%
Higher than 33% · #8 of 11 in South Dakota
Cheaper than 40% · #9 cheapest of 11 in South Dakota
Lower than 20%
Lower than 59%
Larger than 27%
Percentiles compare Mount Marty University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in South Dakota.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate69773%
- Graduate26227%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women47768%
- Men22032%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White63%
- Black7.0%
- Hispanic9.6%
- Asian0.7%
- Other or multiracial20%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 697
- Graduate enrollment
- 262
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Students over 25
- 10%
- Median family income
- $57,420
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $66,699
- Endowment
- $38,010,214
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 163 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From South Dakota62%
- Other U.S. states35%
- International3.1%
A regional draw: about 62% of first-years come from South Dakota, the rest from elsewhere.
3% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 42.6%
- Test scores
- Considered but not required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- 1120
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- 18–25
- Average GPA (estimated)
- 3.30
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $34,600
- Room & board
- $9,800
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
- Total cost of attendance
- $48,247
- Average net price
- $22,227
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 52%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 41%
- First-year retention
- 68%
- Transferred to another college
- 32%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,984
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,179
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,396
- Students with federal loans
- 41%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 61%
About 11% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 441
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 63%
- Application fee
- Free
- Athletics
- NAIA Division II
- Football conference
- Great Plains Athletic Conference
- Varsity athletes
- 524 (342 men · 182 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (11)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,284 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$23,669/year × about 4.3 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Mount Marty University discounts heavily: 91% of freshmen are awarded a grant straight from the school, averaging $20,512. For many families the real price lands well below sticker.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 152 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $48,179
- Typical debt at graduation
- $26,396
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 55%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 62%
Typical debt would take roughly 5.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $11,707 (26%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 10°F
- Annual rain
- 28.7″
- Annual snow
- 38.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Yankton 2 E, SD US station (2.4 mi from campus).
What Mount Marty University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.













