Inside Academics at Mount Mercy University

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Mount Mercy University: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Mount Mercy University is about average at 13 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. With 100% of instructors full time, Mount Mercy University is above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

Mount Mercy University offers 39 majors with reported completions across 17 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Mount Mercy University are summarised below:

The most popular majors at Mount Mercy University, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Mount Mercy University:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Mount Mercy University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 681 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (73% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research into Mount Mercy University

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Mount Mercy University in more detail:

• Academic Majors at Mount Mercy University — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Mount Mercy University — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at Mount Mercy University — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Mount Mercy University — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at Mount Mercy University — the schools accreditation and what it means