Education at Mercy College

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education 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 Education section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mercy does offer online courses in education for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Mercy Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Mercy College.

Mercy Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of education master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	101
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mercy College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	125
Teaching English or French	54
Student Counseling	53
Teacher Education Subject Specific	52
Educational Administration	29
Special Education	14
General Education	10
Multilingual Education	7

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Teacher Assistants	123,960	$31,330
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	31,840	$56,060

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.