Quad

Head-to-head

Mount St. Mary's
Arizona Christian

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Mount St. Mary's's grants cover 63% of its full price on average, vs. 39% at Arizona Christian

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    Arizona Christian's yield is 23 pts higher than Mount St. Mary's's

    Yield rate
  3. 3

    Mount St. Mary's graduates 20 pts more of its students than Arizona Christian (64% vs. 44%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Arizona Christian has 15 pts more first-gen students than Mount St. Mary's (38% vs. 23%)

    First-generation students
  5. 5

    Mount St. Mary's costs about $10.3K less per year on average than Arizona Christian ($24,121 vs. $34,409, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    Mount St. Mary's grads earn $12.5K more ten years out than Arizona Christian's ($64,072 vs. $51,612)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

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

Arizona Christian admits 71%, Mount St. Mary's 74%; Arizona Christian's yield is higher, at 36%.

Acceptance rate
Mount St. Mary's74%
Arizona Christian71%
Quad's selectivity
  • Mount St. Mary'sAccessible
  • Arizona ChristianAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 900–1600
Mount St. Mary's
1046–1280
Arizona ChristianTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Mount St. Mary'sGPA, school record, and prep program required
  • Arizona ChristianGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Mount St. Mary's has 1.5× as many undergrads as Arizona Christian; Arizona Christian has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Mount St. Mary's1.8K
Arizona Christian1.2K
Pell Grant share
Mount St. Mary's31%
Arizona Christian34%

Majors and faculty

Business/Commerce leads at Mount St. Mary's, and Business Administration and Management at Arizona Christian.

Students per faculty member
Mount St. Mary's13 to 1
Arizona Christian16 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Mount St. Mary'sBusiness/Commerce, General20%
  • Arizona ChristianBusiness Administration and Management, General37%

What each costs

Mount St. Mary's costs about $10.3K less a year than Arizona Christian on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Mount St. Mary's$24.1K
Arizona Christian$34.4K
Aid generosity
Mount St. Mary's63%
Arizona Christian39%

What each pays off

Mount St. Mary's's former students earn more, a median $64.1K ten years after enrolling.

Median earnings, 10 years
Mount St. Mary's$64.1K
Arizona Christian$51.6K
Graduation rate
Mount St. Mary's64%
Arizona Christian44%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Arizona Christian but held steady at Mount St. Mary's; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Mount St. Mary'sSteady−2%
  • Arizona ChristianGrowing+136%
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