Saint Mary's College of California
School info
3.8
Overall Quality
Reputation
4
Food
2.9
Clubs
3.6
Facilities
4.1
Internet
3.5
Location
3.9
Opportunities
3.9
Safety
4.3
Social
3.4
Happiness
4
Basic Information
Location
- Moraga, CA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private college
- Established: 1863; 161 years ago (1863)
- Founder: Joseph Sadoc Alemany, De La Salle Christian Brothers
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Around 70 undergraduate and 36 graduate programs
Key Area
- Institutional research
- faculty-staff research and scholarship
- science and health sciences research
- undergraduate and graduate research projects
- internships and summer research programs
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,775 (Fall 2023)
- Undergraduates: 1,968 (Fall 2023)
- Postgraduates: 1,086 (Fall 2018)
- Academic Staff: 216
Notable Alumni
- Mahershala Ali
- Matthew Dellavedova
- Patty Mills
- Robert Hass
- Joseph Alioto
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Good reviews
Overall 4.9
This school is amazing, if you want to feel apart of a community come here. You will meet great people, have great professors, and be apart of something bigger than just college. I have never met such amazing people, and felt apart of such a inclusive community.
Overall 4.8
the small classes give a great experience in the class room that will be missed at a larger school
Overall 4.7
The school is super safe and beautiful. So many nice professors who genuinely care about the students. SMC has a regular amount of parties on the weekends but the best are at Cal! I chose the school because of the opportunities and the networking. They really help students connect with major companies. I am VERY happy with my school! GOD IS A GAEL!
Overall 4.5
I couldnt have been happier to be at Saint Marys I love the small size, and it was a safe place to be during the pandemic. I would definitely recommend!
Overall 4.5
I love this place. Definitely a home away from home where I've already met some lifelong friends.
Overall 4.5
Great school. Hands down this is the best decision I made--SMC has positively inspired me and changed my life for the better!
Overall 4.5
I love being at SMC! This is the best school in the nation!
Overall 4.5
Great
Overall 4.5
The Seminar classes and Jan term set this school apart from every other college. Good balance of specializing in a subject while still getting a liberal arts education. Professors are accessible and love what they teach. Students are easy-going, involved, and diverse. A great school if you enjoy learning for its own sake.
Overall 4.5
Best School Ever. Love my experience here.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.4
I was in the graduate program and it was a joke. They promised us jobs and didn't help after we graduated. When I asked for help, they referred me to a temp agency! We took courses that didn't make sense such as data analysis when, in the real world, a business would hire someone who specializes in it! What's the point of learning then?!
Overall 1.6
This school is pretty bad. It's basically like going to another high school. The professors have absence/late policies that are, on occasion, more strict than high school late/absence policies. This school attempts to make adults feel as much like children as possible. If you wish to be treated like an untrustworthy child, attend this school.
Overall 2
My biggest turn off was the lack of diversity of thought. There is an extreme liberal belief system that seemed to be held by all faculty. I had teachers pushing bizarre fringe feminist theories on me constantly and felt I was punished with poor grades when I raised or wrote about opposing view points. Keep your head down if you vote Republican.
Overall 2
nothing