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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Dobbs Ferry, NY
Population 9,500,000
Website https://www.mercy.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (25%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,572
Men / Women 30% / 70%
From State 93%
From Region 5%
Athletes 4.8%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 49%
Black 25%
White 14%
Asian 5%
International 3%
Mixed 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.4% 35.4% 2012 Men: 30.4% 30.4% 2013 Men: 30.7% 30.7% 2014 Men: 32.8% 32.8% 2015 Men: 30.6% 30.6% 2016 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2017 Men: 38.0% 38.0% 2018 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2019 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2020 Men: 29.9% 29.9% 2021 Men: 31.1% 31.1% 2022 Men: 35.7% 35.7% 2023 Men: 34.4% 34.4% 2024 Men: 35.4% 35.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2012 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2014 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2018 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2020 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2021 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2022 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2011 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2012 Black: 26.7% 26.7% 2013 Black: 23.5% 23.5% 2014 Black: 27.3% 27.3% 2015 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2016 Black: 30.7% 30.7% 2017 Black: 30.0% 30.0% 2018 Black: 26.2% 26.2% 2019 Black: 24.1% 24.1% 2020 Black: 22.8% 22.8% 2021 Black: 16.8% 16.8% 2022 Black: 22.9% 22.9% 2023 Black: 19.5% 19.5% 2024 Black: 18.8% 18.8% 2011 Hispanic: 33.0% 33.0% 2012 Hispanic: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Hispanic: 28.0% 28.0% 2014 Hispanic: 34.0% 34.0% 2015 Hispanic: 35.8% 35.8% 2016 Hispanic: 38.1% 38.1% 2017 Hispanic: 40.4% 40.4% 2018 Hispanic: 39.8% 39.8% 2019 Hispanic: 42.9% 42.9% 2020 Hispanic: 38.9% 38.9% 2021 Hispanic: 38.3% 38.3% 2022 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2023 Hispanic: 51.1% 51.1% 2024 Hispanic: 49.1% 49.1% 2011 White: 21.0% 21.0% 2012 White: 24.8% 24.8% 2013 White: 34.8% 34.8% 2014 White: 26.3% 26.3% 2015 White: 28.2% 28.2% 2016 White: 22.7% 22.7% 2017 White: 20.8% 20.8% 2018 White: 24.6% 24.6% 2019 White: 22.6% 22.6% 2020 White: 27.8% 27.8% 2021 White: 26.6% 26.6% 2022 White: 21.2% 21.2% 2023 White: 19.3% 19.3% 2024 White: 20.5% 20.5% 2011 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2012 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2021 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2022 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2025 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2020 Black: 26.9% 26.9% 2021 Black: 26.6% 26.6% 2022 Black: 25.3% 25.3% 2023 Black: 23.8% 23.8% 2024 Black: 23.3% 23.3% 2025 Black: 25.5% 25.5% 2020 Hispanic: 41.6% 41.6% 2021 Hispanic: 43.3% 43.3% 2022 Hispanic: 45.1% 45.1% 2023 Hispanic: 48.8% 48.8% 2024 Hispanic: 50.1% 50.1% 2025 Hispanic: 49.2% 49.2% 2020 White: 16.2% 16.2% 2021 White: 16.1% 16.1% 2022 White: 16.7% 16.7% 2023 White: 15.8% 15.8% 2024 White: 15.0% 15.0% 2025 White: 14.3% 14.3% 2020 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2025 International: 3.0% 3.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Mercy University 1,251 27% / 73% 3% $71,187 84 94%
Computer Science 16 — 75% / 25% 0% $91,518 96 —
Computer and Information Systems Security 23 — 78% / 22% 0% $62,959 75 —
Information Science 10 — 80% / 20% 10% $76,874 88 —
Mathematics 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $65,891 79 —
Biology 15 — 33% / 67% 7% $52,992 56 92%
Biomedical Sciences 13 — 31% / 69% 0% $52,992 56 92%
Veterinary Technology 16 — 12% / 88% 0% $51,250 51 —
Zoology 3 — 0% / 100% 33% — — —
Allied Health Sciences 111 — 18% / 82% 1% $48,341 43 92%
Clinical Laboratory Science 17 — 18% / 82% 6% $99,424 98 95%
Exercise Science 18 — 39% / 61% 0% $54,592 60 96%
Health Sciences — — — — $67,506 81 —
Nursing 326 — 13% / 87% 0% $114,917 99 97%
Speech-Language Pathology 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $68,083 81 96%
Accounting 30 — 47% / 53% 3% $59,768 70 92%
Business Administration 179 — 51% / 49% 13% $54,658 60 93%
Communication 31 — 48% / 52% 6% $40,116 19 88%
English 23 — 17% / 83% 0% — — —
General Studies — — — — $61,960 74 91%
History 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $48,701 44 —
Human Services 19 — 5% / 95% 0% $44,334 31 —
International Affairs 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
International Policy Analysis — — — — $58,603 68 —
Psychology 151 — 13% / 87% 3% $45,308 34 91%
Public Relations 15 — 40% / 60% 13% $46,026 36 100%
Public Relations 5 — 60% / 40% 0% — — —
Social Sciences 53 — 23% / 77% 2% — — —
Social Work 19 — 5% / 95% 0% $51,584 52 96%
Sociology 7 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Spanish 9 — 11% / 89% 0% — — —
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Early Childhood Education 40 — 10% / 90% 0% — — —
General Education — — — — $61,960 74 91%
Graphic Design 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $41,198 22 —
Music — — — — $40,985 22 —
Music Technology 11 — 91% / 9% 9% — — —
Criminal Justice 54 — 31% / 69% 2% $47,582 41 94%
Homeland Security 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $48,653 44 —
Legal Studies 12 — 25% / 75% 0% $52,686 55 94%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $24,481
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 32%
6-Year Graduation Rate 46%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 28.9% 28.9% 2012 Graduated: 29.3% 29.3% 2013 Graduated: 33.5% 33.5% 2014 Graduated: 28.8% 28.8% 2015 Graduated: 37.0% 37.0% 2016 Graduated: 39.2% 39.2% 2017 Graduated: 43.0% 43.0% 2018 Graduated: 43.8% 43.8% 2019 Graduated: 43.7% 43.7% 2020 Graduated: 48.2% 48.2% 2021 Graduated: 49.6% 49.6% 2022 Graduated: 47.1% 47.1% 2023 Graduated: 48.1% 48.1% 2024 Graduated: 45.7% 45.7%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 24.2% 24.2% 2012 Men: 24.6% 24.6% 2013 Men: 26.5% 26.5% 2014 Men: 24.6% 24.6% 2015 Men: 30.5% 30.5% 2016 Men: 29.9% 29.9% 2017 Men: 40.1% 40.1% 2018 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2019 Men: 42.7% 42.7% 2020 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2021 Men: 49.1% 49.1% 2022 Men: 45.6% 45.6% 2023 Men: 45.0% 45.0% 2024 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2011 Women: 31.2% 31.2% 2012 Women: 32.1% 32.1% 2013 Women: 37.3% 37.3% 2014 Women: 31.1% 31.1% 2015 Women: 40.9% 40.9% 2016 Women: 44.2% 44.2% 2017 Women: 44.3% 44.3% 2018 Women: 45.1% 45.1% 2019 Women: 44.2% 44.2% 2020 Women: 49.6% 49.6% 2021 Women: 49.8% 49.8% 2022 Women: 47.8% 47.8% 2023 Women: 49.8% 49.8% 2024 Women: 48.5% 48.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 23.1% 23.1% 2012 Asian: 35.3% 35.3% 2013 Asian: 46.7% 46.7% 2014 Asian: 28.6% 28.6% 2015 Asian: 25.0% 25.0% 2016 Asian: 36.4% 36.4% 2017 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 Asian: 47.4% 47.4% 2019 Asian: 55.2% 55.2% 2020 Asian: 54.2% 54.2% 2021 Asian: 56.8% 56.8% 2022 Asian: 46.7% 46.7% 2023 Asian: 55.9% 55.9% 2024 Asian: 48.5% 48.5% 2011 Black: 21.5% 21.5% 2012 Black: 25.6% 25.6% 2013 Black: 23.2% 23.2% 2014 Black: 18.9% 18.9% 2015 Black: 25.7% 25.7% 2016 Black: 31.2% 31.2% 2017 Black: 41.1% 41.1% 2018 Black: 41.2% 41.2% 2019 Black: 40.9% 40.9% 2020 Black: 41.1% 41.1% 2021 Black: 43.9% 43.9% 2022 Black: 45.5% 45.5% 2023 Black: 56.2% 56.2% 2024 Black: 46.1% 46.1% 2011 Hispanic: 25.6% 25.6% 2012 Hispanic: 25.2% 25.2% 2013 Hispanic: 24.2% 24.2% 2014 Hispanic: 26.5% 26.5% 2015 Hispanic: 34.3% 34.3% 2016 Hispanic: 37.4% 37.4% 2017 Hispanic: 38.7% 38.7% 2018 Hispanic: 41.7% 41.7% 2019 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2020 Hispanic: 43.9% 43.9% 2021 Hispanic: 46.9% 46.9% 2022 Hispanic: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Hispanic: 40.4% 40.4% 2024 Hispanic: 39.3% 39.3% 2011 White: 42.2% 42.2% 2012 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2013 White: 50.3% 50.3% 2014 White: 46.6% 46.6% 2015 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2016 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2017 White: 52.7% 52.7% 2018 White: 50.5% 50.5% 2019 White: 49.5% 49.5% 2020 White: 58.0% 58.0% 2021 White: 58.9% 58.9% 2022 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2023 White: 56.9% 56.9% 2024 White: 58.2% 58.2%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 38.1% 477 15% / 85% 1% $96,105 97 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 27.3% 341 20% / 80% 3% $45,202 34 92%
Business & Economics 16.7% 209 50% / 50% 11% $55,391 62 93%
Professional 5.7% 71 32% / 68% 1% $48,520 44 94%
Computer Science 3.9% 49 78% / 22% 2% $75,124 87 —
Education 3.3% 41 12% / 88% 0% — — —
Life & Natural Sciences 2.2% 28 32% / 68% 4% $52,992 56 92%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 19 11% / 89% 5% $51,250 51 —
Arts 1.0% 12 92% / 8% 8% $41,198 22 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.3% 4 25% / 75% 0% $65,891 79 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 60.5% 60.5% 2012 Acceptance: 64.4% 64.4% 2013 Acceptance: 57.2% 57.2% 2014 Acceptance: 71.9% 71.9% 2015 Acceptance: 65.7% 65.7% 2016 Acceptance: 77.7% 77.7% 2017 Acceptance: 78.7% 78.7% 2018 Acceptance: 79.4% 79.4% 2019 Acceptance: 81.6% 81.6% 2020 Acceptance: 82.0% 82.0% 2021 Acceptance: 85.8% 85.8% 2022 Acceptance: 85.9% 85.9% 2023 Acceptance: 85.5% 85.5% 2024 Acceptance: 85.8% 85.8% 2011 Yield: 37.6% 37.6% 2012 Yield: 27.8% 27.8% 2013 Yield: 22.2% 22.2% 2014 Yield: 18.1% 18.1% 2015 Yield: 25.6% 25.6% 2016 Yield: 18.4% 18.4% 2017 Yield: 16.7% 16.7% 2018 Yield: 17.1% 17.1% 2019 Yield: 18.2% 18.2% 2020 Yield: 16.7% 16.7% 2021 Yield: 15.3% 15.3% 2022 Yield: 13.7% 13.7% 2023 Yield: 15.9% 15.9% 2024 Yield: 14.3% 14.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 4,948 4,948 2012 Applicants: 6,651 6,651 2013 Applicants: 6,546 6,546 2014 Applicants: 5,728 5,728 2015 Applicants: 5,573 5,573 2016 Applicants: 6,617 6,617 2017 Applicants: 6,901 6,901 2018 Applicants: 6,851 6,851 2019 Applicants: 6,720 6,720 2020 Applicants: 7,246 7,246 2021 Applicants: 6,471 6,471 2022 Applicants: 7,891 7,891 2023 Applicants: 8,581 8,581 2024 Applicants: 8,642 8,642 2011 Admitted: 2,992 2,992 2012 Admitted: 4,286 4,286 2013 Admitted: 3,747 3,747 2014 Admitted: 4,118 4,118 2015 Admitted: 3,661 3,661 2016 Admitted: 5,140 5,140 2017 Admitted: 5,433 5,433 2018 Admitted: 5,443 5,443 2019 Admitted: 5,485 5,485 2020 Admitted: 5,939 5,939 2021 Admitted: 5,551 5,551 2022 Admitted: 6,775 6,775 2023 Admitted: 7,334 7,334 2024 Admitted: 7,418 7,418 2011 Enrolled: 1,125 1,125 2012 Enrolled: 1,192 1,192 2013 Enrolled: 833 833 2014 Enrolled: 747 747 2015 Enrolled: 938 938 2016 Enrolled: 948 948 2017 Enrolled: 910 910 2018 Enrolled: 933 933 2019 Enrolled: 999 999 2020 Enrolled: 993 993 2021 Enrolled: 851 851 2022 Enrolled: 929 929 2023 Enrolled: 1,165 1,165 2024 Enrolled: 1,064 1,064

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 890 890 2020 25th: 930 930 2021 25th: 910 910 2022 25th: 1020 1020 2019 75th: 1080 1080 2020 75th: 1110 1110 2021 75th: 1190 1190 2022 75th: 1230 1230

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 440 440 2020 25th: 460 460 2021 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 510 510 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 550 550 2021 75th: 600 600 2022 75th: 600 600

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 25th: 450 450 2020 25th: 470 470 2021 25th: 450 450 2022 25th: 510 510 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 560 560 2021 75th: 590 590 2022 75th: 630 630

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 Submitted: 31.0% 31.0% 2020 Submitted: 28.0% 28.0% 2021 Submitted: 8.0% 8.0% 2022 Submitted: 5.0% 5.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.