by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Mercy College was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.
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Mercy landed the #961 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mercy held the #1,413 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Mercy also holds the #86 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Mercy College is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 4% of students accepted to Mercy submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Mercy College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mercy College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Mercy College has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Mercy have a four-year graduation rate of 33%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Mercy College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,080 undergraduates at Mercy with 5,699 being full-time and 1,381 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,192 | $13,672 | $17,474 | $20,284 | $24,073 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mercy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Mercy, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $6,798 a year. That adds up to $27,192 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Mercy College.
Contact details for Mercy are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 |
| Phone: | 800-637-2969 |
| Website: | https://www.mercy.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 362 | $90,933 |
| Business Administration & Management | 312 | $42,211 |
| General Psychology | 162 | $32,505 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 140 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 105 | $46,408 |
| General Social Sciences | 100 | $36,726 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 95 | $34,472 |
| Other Health Professions | 94 | $30,546 |
| Teaching English or French | 63 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 61 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 5,673 students took at least one online class at Mercy College. This is a decrease from the 6,368 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,673 | 2,284 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,368 | 2,603 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,280 | 3,118 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,680 | 1,147 |
Footnotes
*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.
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