
The College of St. Mary experienced an overall acceptance rate of 43.95% in the 2023 application year, with 430 applicants and 189 accepted. This marks a significant decline from 2022 when the acceptance rate was 64.5% with 144 applicants. The acceptance rate has fluctuated over recent years, reaching a low of 38.1% in 2021 and a high of 64.5% in 2022, while the rates consistently ranged from 49.2% to 60.3% between 2018 and 2020. These trends indicate an increasingly competitive landscape for prospective students at the College of St. Mary.