Elementary Education at Mercy College

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

Mercy Elementary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

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 elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Mercy Elementary Education Rankings

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Elementary Education Master’s Program

83% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from Mercy, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010

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
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