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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location Dallas, PA
Population 560,000
Website https://www.misericordia.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (26%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,576
Men / Women 39% / 61%
From State 72%
From Region 24%
Athletes 45.2%

Racial/Ethnic

White 80%
Hispanic 9%
Black 5%
Mixed 2%
Asian 1%
International 1%
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: 34.0% 34.0% 2012 Men: 44.0% 44.0% 2013 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2014 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2015 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2016 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2017 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2018 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2019 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2020 Men: 36.7% 36.7% 2021 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2022 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2023 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2024 Men: 41.3% 41.3%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2011 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2012 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2013 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2023 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2024 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2011 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1% 2012 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2013 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2014 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2016 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2018 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2019 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2020 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2011 White: 92.3% 92.3% 2012 White: 93.2% 93.2% 2013 White: 94.2% 94.2% 2014 White: 96.3% 96.3% 2015 White: 93.3% 93.3% 2016 White: 94.9% 94.9% 2017 White: 94.3% 94.3% 2018 White: 94.5% 94.5% 2019 White: 91.1% 91.1% 2020 White: 92.7% 92.7% 2021 White: 89.6% 89.6% 2022 White: 83.2% 83.2% 2023 White: 87.1% 87.1% 2024 White: 87.8% 87.8% 2011 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2023 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2024 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2020 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2021 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2025 Hispanic: 8.7% 8.7% 2020 White: 86.0% 86.0% 2021 White: 86.7% 86.7% 2022 White: 84.0% 84.0% 2023 White: 84.3% 84.3% 2024 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2025 White: 79.9% 79.9% 2020 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 International: 0.6% 0.6%

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
College of Arts and Sciences 110 46% / 54% 0% $55,321 39 95%
Computer Science 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,005 68 100%
Information Technology 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,005 68 100%
Chemistry 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,103 53 —
Mathematics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $66,189 66 —
Mathematics and Statistics — — — — $73,335 78 —
Biochemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $58,064 47 —
Biology 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $45,470 13 100%
Environmental Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,509 22 —
Sport Management 13 — 92% / 8% 0% $42,503 9 93%
American Government and Politics 14 +1 86% / 14% 0% $43,206 10 87%
Communication 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $43,798 11 100%
English — — — — $48,133 18 —
General Studies 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $60,949 55 97%
Interdisciplinary Studies 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $56,439 42 —
Philosophy 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Psychology 37 +1 11% / 89% 0% $65,293 65 96%
Social Work 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $54,891 37 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 48 83% / 17% 0% $64,323 63 98%
Accounting 9 +1 78% / 22% 0% $57,089 44 94%
Business Administration 39 — 85% / 15% 0% $65,993 66 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 18 11% / 89% 0% $48,601 19 92%
Chemistry Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,464 24 —
Early Childhood Education 11 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,526 17 92%
English Education — — — — $50,643 25 —
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,330 24 —
Middle School Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $47,526 17 92%
Social Studies Teacher Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,930 26 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences 193 11% / 89% 1% $74,488 79 99%
Allied Health Diagnostic and Treatment 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $71,140 75 —
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 12 — 0% / 100% 0% $71,140 75 95%
Health Sciences 65 — 9% / 91% 0% $73,176 78 100%
Nursing 78 — 10% / 90% 1% $78,089 83 100%
Nursing Practice 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $78,089 83 100%
Radiation Therapy 20 — 5% / 95% 0% $71,140 75 95%
Clinical Research Coordinator — — — — $69,759 73 —
Healthcare Administration 14 — 36% / 64% 0% $67,647 69 96%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $44,750
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 62%
6-Year Graduation Rate 72%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 63.9% 63.9% 2012 Graduated: 67.9% 67.9% 2013 Graduated: 69.2% 69.2% 2014 Graduated: 71.2% 71.2% 2015 Graduated: 71.7% 71.7% 2016 Graduated: 74.4% 74.4% 2017 Graduated: 76.1% 76.1% 2018 Graduated: 69.3% 69.3% 2019 Graduated: 67.8% 67.8% 2020 Graduated: 74.0% 74.0% 2021 Graduated: 71.4% 71.4% 2022 Graduated: 74.9% 74.9% 2023 Graduated: 69.2% 69.2% 2024 Graduated: 71.7% 71.7%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 64.7% 64.7% 2012 Men: 62.9% 62.9% 2013 Men: 62.6% 62.6% 2014 Men: 64.6% 64.6% 2015 Men: 68.1% 68.1% 2016 Men: 66.4% 66.4% 2017 Men: 72.0% 72.0% 2018 Men: 58.0% 58.0% 2019 Men: 55.0% 55.0% 2020 Men: 64.5% 64.5% 2021 Men: 69.0% 69.0% 2022 Men: 59.9% 59.9% 2023 Men: 58.0% 58.0% 2024 Men: 63.1% 63.1% 2011 Women: 63.5% 63.5% 2012 Women: 70.8% 70.8% 2013 Women: 71.4% 71.4% 2014 Women: 74.6% 74.6% 2015 Women: 73.7% 73.7% 2016 Women: 77.7% 77.7% 2017 Women: 78.2% 78.2% 2018 Women: 78.0% 78.0% 2019 Women: 76.3% 76.3% 2020 Women: 79.9% 79.9% 2021 Women: 72.8% 72.8% 2022 Women: 83.8% 83.8% 2023 Women: 76.8% 76.8% 2024 Women: 77.1% 77.1%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2013 Hispanic: 77.8% 77.8% 2014 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Hispanic: 76.9% 76.9% 2016 Hispanic: 80.0% 80.0% 2017 Hispanic: 77.8% 77.8% 2018 Hispanic: 76.5% 76.5% 2019 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2020 Hispanic: 80.0% 80.0% 2021 Hispanic: 72.7% 72.7% 2022 Hispanic: 64.3% 64.3% 2023 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2024 Hispanic: 61.5% 61.5% 2011 White: 66.6% 66.6% 2012 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2013 White: 69.4% 69.4% 2014 White: 72.3% 72.3% 2015 White: 72.0% 72.0% 2016 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2017 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2018 White: 69.8% 69.8% 2019 White: 69.2% 69.2% 2020 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2021 White: 71.7% 71.7% 2022 White: 77.6% 77.6% 2023 White: 70.4% 70.4% 2024 White: 75.0% 75.0%

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 48.5% 179 9% / 91% 1% $75,024 80 99%
Business & Economics 20.3% 75 76% / 24% 0% $61,162 55 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 19.8% 73 38% / 62% 0% $58,059 47 95%
Education 4.9% 18 11% / 89% 0% $48,601 19 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.5% 13 23% / 77% 0% $46,439 15 100%
Computer Science 1.6% 6 100% / 0% 0% $67,005 68 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 0.8% 3 67% / 33% 0% $64,160 62 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.5% 2 0% / 100% 0% $49,509 22 —

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 89%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 89% 89% 89%

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: 57.3% 57.3% 2012 Acceptance: 58.8% 58.8% 2013 Acceptance: 64.9% 64.9% 2014 Acceptance: 71.5% 71.5% 2015 Acceptance: 71.5% 71.5% 2016 Acceptance: 74.4% 74.4% 2017 Acceptance: 78.8% 78.8% 2018 Acceptance: 82.6% 82.6% 2019 Acceptance: 85.8% 85.8% 2020 Acceptance: 83.3% 83.3% 2021 Acceptance: 89.1% 89.1% 2022 Acceptance: 88.7% 88.7% 2023 Acceptance: 84.9% 84.9% 2024 Acceptance: 70.9% 70.9% 2011 Yield: 31.9% 31.9% 2012 Yield: 35.6% 35.6% 2013 Yield: 31.5% 31.5% 2014 Yield: 30.5% 30.5% 2015 Yield: 31.4% 31.4% 2016 Yield: 31.7% 31.7% 2017 Yield: 32.1% 32.1% 2018 Yield: 30.4% 30.4% 2019 Yield: 31.2% 31.2% 2020 Yield: 22.4% 22.4% 2021 Yield: 18.6% 18.6% 2022 Yield: 18.9% 18.9% 2023 Yield: 19.2% 19.2% 2024 Yield: 17.5% 17.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,013 2,013 2012 Applicants: 2,510 2,510 2013 Applicants: 2,125 2,125 2014 Applicants: 2,050 2,050 2015 Applicants: 1,956 1,956 2016 Applicants: 1,823 1,823 2017 Applicants: 1,740 1,740 2018 Applicants: 1,652 1,652 2019 Applicants: 1,547 1,547 2020 Applicants: 1,897 1,897 2021 Applicants: 2,184 2,184 2022 Applicants: 2,196 2,196 2023 Applicants: 2,508 2,508 2024 Applicants: 3,733 3,733 2011 Admitted: 1,153 1,153 2012 Admitted: 1,476 1,476 2013 Admitted: 1,379 1,379 2014 Admitted: 1,465 1,465 2015 Admitted: 1,398 1,398 2016 Admitted: 1,357 1,357 2017 Admitted: 1,371 1,371 2018 Admitted: 1,365 1,365 2019 Admitted: 1,327 1,327 2020 Admitted: 1,580 1,580 2021 Admitted: 1,946 1,946 2022 Admitted: 1,948 1,948 2023 Admitted: 2,129 2,129 2024 Admitted: 2,648 2,648 2011 Enrolled: 368 368 2012 Enrolled: 525 525 2013 Enrolled: 435 435 2014 Enrolled: 447 447 2015 Enrolled: 439 439 2016 Enrolled: 430 430 2017 Enrolled: 440 440 2018 Enrolled: 415 415 2019 Enrolled: 414 414 2020 Enrolled: 354 354 2021 Enrolled: 361 361 2022 Enrolled: 369 369 2023 Enrolled: 408 408 2024 Enrolled: 463 463

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

SAT Composite

25th 75th
900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 980 980 2012 25th: 930 930 2013 25th: 970 970 2014 25th: 970 970 2015 25th: 970 970 2016 25th: 950 950 2017 25th: 1030 1030 2018 25th: 1040 1040 2019 25th: 1050 1050 2011 75th: 1160 1160 2012 75th: 1130 1130 2013 75th: 1140 1140 2014 75th: 1170 1170 2015 75th: 1140 1140 2016 75th: 1140 1140 2017 75th: 1205 1205 2018 75th: 1200 1200 2019 75th: 1220 1220

SAT Math

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 500 500 2012 25th: 470 470 2013 25th: 500 500 2014 25th: 490 490 2015 25th: 490 490 2016 25th: 480 480 2017 25th: 510 510 2018 25th: 520 520 2019 25th: 530 530 2011 75th: 590 590 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 580 580 2014 75th: 590 590 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 570 570 2017 75th: 595 595 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 610 610

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 480 480 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 470 470 2014 25th: 480 480 2015 25th: 480 480 2016 25th: 470 470 2017 25th: 520 520 2018 25th: 520 520 2019 25th: 520 520 2011 75th: 570 570 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 560 560 2014 75th: 580 580 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 570 570 2017 75th: 610 610 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 610 610

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2012 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2013 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2014 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0%

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.