Accounting at Mercy College

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Mercy College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. Of the 228 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercy College in 2021, 33 of them were accounting majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Mercy Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Mercy compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	145
	197
	235
	403
	407
	438
	442
	632
	642
	790
	790
	864
	884
	964
	1,017
	1,212
	1,292

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Mercy. This makes it the #198 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Mercy Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercy is $41,334. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Mercy College.

Mercy Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Mercy in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercy since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mercy Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from Mercy in 2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mercy also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Mercy College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercy College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	59

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.