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We inspire minds.
With small class sizes and professors who know you by name, Saint Mary鈥檚 creates opportunities for students to thrive鈥攚hether you鈥檙e an undergraduate or a professional looking for the next step in your career.
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With a stunning campus in the San Francisco Bay Area, Saint Mary鈥檚 offers boundless possibilities鈥攊ncluding signature study programs to take you around the globe. Explore internships and career opportunities in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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鈥淚 got the best science education I could have hoped for at Saint Mary鈥檚. You have the small class sizes, the one-on-one instruction鈥擨 got so many more experiences there than I would have at a larger institution.鈥
BRIANNA BIBEL 鈥16, PhD, Visiting Professor of Biochemistry
Is the average mid-career salary for our graduates.
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Indigenous heritage means knowing 鈥渢hat you鈥檝e come from a line of people who have been able to overcome.鈥
BELLA HOFFMAN 鈥23, Psychology Major
Average class size
Of our 2021 grads are employed or continuing their education.
鈥淔or me, it鈥檚 about considering the fact that we all have a greater self, a higher self, great potential, and for us right now鈥攊n this moment鈥攖o begin to make the choices that we need to make in order to be our best self.鈥
MAHERSHALA ALI 鈥96, OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR
Student/Faculty Ratio
In the U.S. for highest earning potential
