Mount Saint Mary College

Mount Saint Mary College is a private liberal arts college, located in Newburgh, New York. It was founded in 1960 by the Dominican Sisters.

The campus overlooks the Hudson River, halfway between New York City and Albany. More than 2,700 men and women are enrolled in over 50 undergraduate programs and 3 graduate degree programs. The Knights compete in NCAA Division III athletics in the Skyline Conference.

Mount Saint Mary College offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs and is accredited by The Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It was most recently re-accredited in 2007. The student-faculty ratio at Mount St. Mary College is 14:1. The most popular majors at Mount Saint Mary College include Health Professions and Related Programs (Nursing, pre-professional programs, biology); Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Psychology; and Social Sciences. The college also boasts a large number of students seeking education certification. Two alumni from the Division of Education were named New York State Teachers of the Year in the past decade.

The college has 16 Honor Societies: Alpha Chi (general), Alpha Sigma Lambda (continuing education), Beta Beta Beta (biology), Chi Alpha Epsilon (economically and academically disadvantaged students), Delta Mu Delta (accounting and business), Gamma Nu Eta (information technology) Gamma Sigma Epsilon (chemistry), Kappa Delta Pi (education), Kappa Mu Epsilon (mathematics), Lambda Pi Eta (communication arts), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Psi Chi (psychology), Sigma Delta Pi (Hispanic Studies), Sigma Tau Delta (English), Sigma Theta Tau (nursing), and Tau Upsilon Alpha (human services).

Mount Saint Mary College is an NCAA Division III school, with 21 competing teams. MSMC participates in the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Skyline Conference. These intercollegiate athletics programs include baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's cheerleading, men's and women's cross-country, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor/outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball. The college also sponsors intramural sports year round.

The Elaine and William Kaplan Recreation Center is the site of many athletic events on campus. The Kaplan Center houses basketball and volleyball courts, a running track, a pool, a weight room, an aerobics room and training facilities. The men's and women's basketball teams compete inside the Kaplan Center, as do the women's volleyball team and the men's and women's swimming teams.