Mercy College Business Programs

Mercy College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Dobbs Ferry is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Mercy College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Mercy.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#135	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Mercy College?

Contact details for Mercy are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone:	800-637-2969
Website:	https://www.mercy.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/mercycollegeny
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/mercycollege

How Do I Get Into Mercy?

You can apply to Mercy online at: https://www.mercy.edu/admissions-aid/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Mercy

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mercy?

The acceptance rate at Mercy College is 82%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to Mercy submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 560. Math scores were between 460 and 550.

Mercy received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 19 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 26.

Can I Afford Mercy College?

The overall average net price of Mercy is $31,813. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mercy, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,294 a year. That adds up to $25,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mercy is 7.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Mercy College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,080 undergraduate students at Mercy, with 5,699 being full-time and 1,381 being part-time.

There are also 2,467 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,699 full-time undergraduates at Mercy, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mercy College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	247
Black or African American	1,495
Hispanic or Latino	2,507
White	918
International Students	77
Other Races/Ethnicities	455

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Mercy College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at Mercy. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Norway.

Online Learning at Mercy College

In 2019-2020, 8,280 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Mercy has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Mercy

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Mercy College was $20,558 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Mercy is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Leadership	#36	#30
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#60	#37

Online Growth Rankings of Mercy

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mercy College was 35.7%. This is the #697 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mercy regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mercy College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	188	209	397
Accounting	33	26	59
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	29	29
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0
TOTAL	221	264	485

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

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