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.
Mount Mercy University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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Mount Mercy landed the #1,338 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.
Out of the 37 colleges in Iowa, Mount Mercy is ranked at #34.
The acceptance rate at Mount Mercy University is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Mount Mercy is a good fit for you.
Mount Mercy received ACT scores from 33% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Mount Mercy University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Mount Mercy University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Mount Mercy University 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Mount Mercy the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 49%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,381 undergraduates at Mount Mercy with 1,044 being full-time and 337 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,690 | $17,945 | $23,798 | $24,127 | $26,963 |
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 Mount 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 Mount Mercy, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $10,743 a year. That adds up to $42,972 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Mount Mercy are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1330 Elmhurst Dr Ne, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-4797 |
| Phone: | 319-363-8213 |
| Website: | www.mtmercy.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 128 | $66,647 |
| Business Administration & Management | 79 | $40,297 |
| Human Resource Management | 38 | $48,722 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 26 | $43,810 |
| General Psychology | 24 | $34,536 |
| General Business/Commerce | 23 | $57,572 |
| Marketing | 23 | $40,690 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 20 | NA |
| General Biology | 18 | $32,264 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 18 | $51,445 |
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, 513 students took at least one online class at Mount Mercy University. This is an increase from the 492 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 513 | 232 |
| 2021-2022 | 492 | 306 |
| 2020-2021 | 578 | 352 |
| 2018-2019 | 495 | 233 |
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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