by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health Sciences & Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Mercy College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in health science, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Mercy was ranked #55 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for health science majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #6 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mercy.
Part-time undergraduates at Mercy paid an average of $823 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,578 | $19,578 |
| Fees | $800 | $800 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,652 | $1,652 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $14,650 | $14,650 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,292 | $3,292 |
Learn more about Mercy tuition and fees.
Mercy does not offer an online option for its health science bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mercy Online Learning page.
About 78.3% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in health science in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 77.3%.
Around 68.9% of health science bachelor’s degree recipients at Mercy in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 7 |
| Black or African American | 24 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 106 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 18 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 18 |
| Nursing | 343 |
*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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