About the Mount

Mount St. Mary's University

Located on 1,400 acres just an hour outside of Baltimore and Washington, the Mount offers a rigorous liberal arts education featuring a nationally recognized core curriculum.  The 2,100-student comprehensive university is a vibrant academic community where the words Faith, Discovery, Leadership and Community are used to describe its collective calling and promise.  

The nation's second oldest Catholic university, the Mount celebrated its Bicentennial in 2008, and is now moving forward into its third century.