Computer & IS Security at Mercy College

Every computer & is security school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and approximately 9,547 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Online Classes Are Available at Mercy

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mercy offers distance education options for computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Mercy Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Mercy College.

Mercy Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300
Database Administrators	7,100	$99,000

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.