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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Mercy.

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: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

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
	138
	188
	205
	302
	302
	336
	375
	391
	414
	532
	605
	673
	807
	836
	918
	955
	1,078

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Mercy. This makes it the #189 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercy since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 29% 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.

Related Majors

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
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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.