Human Resource Management at Mercy College

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and approximately 9,547 students attend the school each year.

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

Mercy Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Mercy Human Resource Management Rankings

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HR Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Human Resource Management Master’s Program

The HR program at Mercy awarded 29 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 33% 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 HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

If you plan to be a HR major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mercy College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	29

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	41,300	$75,650
Training and Development Specialists	23,500	$69,910
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	8,810	$76,680

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.