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Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, MO · Private nonprofit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (11% of graduates). 13 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 50% of colleges. 14% of faculty are full-time. Spends $6,073 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

1,077 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 41% of graduates; 49 programs in 19 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380111% 121
    Graduates in this field earn $79,219 4 years out
  2. Psychology, General 42.01018.0% 86
    Graduates in this field earn $57,922 4 years out
  3. Business Administration and Management, General 52.02017.9% 85
    Graduates in this field earn $70,665 4 years out
  4. Communication Sciences and Disorders, General 51.02017.2% 78
    Graduates in this field earn $53,667 4 years out
  5. Computer Science 11.07016.3% 68

Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 0.2% → 6.3% of graduates since 2014–15 (68 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Business/Commerce, General$86,209 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$86,209
    National median: $68,407Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $51,410 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report

  2. Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations$84,342 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $61,299

    4 years after completion$84,342
    National median: $75,803Above typical

    Median federal debt: $19,250 · 152 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$83,328 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $69,590

    4 years after completion$83,328
    National median: $86,176About typical

    Median federal debt: $19,692 · 19 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Marketing$83,256 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$83,256
    National median: $69,303Above typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$79,219 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $69,116

    4 years after completion$79,219
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $71,373 · Non-Pell: $62,316(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,000 · 333 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college13 to 1
13 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 50% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 12.4 to 1 in its Common Data Set.

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

64%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 1% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–99316%
10–1928448%
20–2915526%
30–39366%
40–49183%
50–9920%
100+10%

This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.

Programs & curriculum

  • Accelerated program
  • Cross-registration
  • Distance learning
  • Double major
  • Dual enrollment
  • Domestic exchange program
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Liberal arts/career combination
  • Student-designed major
  • Teacher certification
  • Weekend college
  • Study abroad
  • Undergraduate research

Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.

Full-time faculty14%
National median: 67%Below typical
Average faculty salary

$84,760

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$6,073
$6,073
← Lessmore than 20% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$10,207
$10,207
← Lessmore than 19% of 1,065More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Maryville University of Saint Louis Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Maryville University of Saint Louis Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)