Quad

Head-to-head

Faulkner
Mount Saint Mary's

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Mount Saint Mary's grads earn $28.9K more ten years out than Faulkner's ($72,379 vs. $43,457)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Faulkner's yield is 22 pts higher than Mount Saint Mary's's

    Yield rate
  3. 3

    Mount Saint Mary's graduates 20 pts more of its students than Faulkner (62% vs. 41%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Mount Saint Mary's's grants cover 55% of its full price on average, vs. 41% at Faulkner

    Aid generosity
  5. 5

    Faulkner costs about $9.8K less per year on average than Mount Saint Mary's ($22,664 vs. $32,472, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    Mount Saint Mary's has 11 pts more Pell recipients than Faulkner (57% vs. 46%)

    Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

Faulkner admits 73%, Mount Saint Mary's 73%; Faulkner's yield is higher, at 34%.

Acceptance rate
Faulkner73%
Mount Saint Mary's73%
Quad's selectivity
  • FaulknerAccessible
  • Mount Saint Mary'sAccessible
ACT middle 50%Axis 14–36
Faulkner
18–21
Mount Saint Mary'sTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • FaulknerGPA and school record required
  • Mount Saint Mary'sGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Mount Saint Mary's is a bit larger than Faulkner (1,719 vs. 1,549 undergrads) and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Faulkner1.5K
Mount Saint Mary's1.7K
Pell Grant share
Faulkner46%
Mount Saint Mary's57%

Majors and faculty

Business/Commerce leads at Faulkner, and Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse at Mount Saint Mary's; Mount Saint Mary's has 8 students per faculty member to Faulkner's 14.

Students per faculty member
Faulkner14 to 1
Mount Saint Mary's8 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • FaulknerBusiness/Commerce, General24%
  • Mount Saint Mary'sRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse51%

What each costs

Faulkner costs about $9.8K less a year than Mount Saint Mary's on average; Mount Saint Mary's's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Faulkner$22.7K
Mount Saint Mary's$32.5K
Aid generosity
Faulkner41%
Mount Saint Mary's55%

What each pays off

Mount Saint Mary's's former students earn more, a median $72.4K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 62% at Mount Saint Mary's to 41% at Faulkner.

Median earnings, 10 years
Faulkner$43.5K
Mount Saint Mary's$72.4K
Graduation rate
Faulkner41%
Mount Saint Mary's62%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Mount Saint Mary's but fell at Faulkner; Mount Saint Mary's got more selective while Faulkner got less.

Applications, 10-year change
  • FaulknerShrinkingsince fall 2015−37%
  • Mount Saint Mary'sGrowing+126%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why