Psychology at Mercy College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Mercy College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

Mercy Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Mercy Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Mercy awarded 34 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 26% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Mercy College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercy College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	21
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	13

Related Majors

• Education

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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.