Mercy College of Health Sciences Overview

Mercy College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Des Moines, Iowa. The city atmosphere of Des Moines makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Mercy College of Health Sciences Known For?

• Mercy College of Health Sciences has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• Students at Mercy College of Health Sciences have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Mercy College of Health Sciences is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 56% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Mercy College of Health Sciences with a bachelor's degree make about $56,267 a year. That's 38% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Mercy College of Health Sciences?

Contact details for Mercy College of Health Sciences are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	928 6Th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309-1239
Phone:	515-643-3180
Website:	www.mchs.edu

How Do I Get Into Mercy College of Health Sciences?

You can apply to Mercy College of Health Sciences online at: https://apply.mchs.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Mercy College of Health Sciences

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mercy College of Health Sciences?

Mercy College of Health Sciences has the high acceptance rate of 97%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 13% of accepted students are men and 87% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to Mercy College of Health Sciences submitted their SAT scores.Mercy College of Health Sciences received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 22.

Can I Afford Mercy College of Health Sciences?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mercy College of Health Sciences, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,425 a year. That adds up to $29,700 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mercy College of Health Sciences is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Mercy College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 951 undergraduate students at Mercy College of Health Sciences, with 535 being full-time and 416 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 535 full-time undergraduates at Mercy College of Health Sciences, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mercy College of Health Sciences students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	370
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Mercy College of Health Sciences. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Mercy College of Health Sciences

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Mercy College of Health Sciences. In 2020-2021, 773 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Mercy College of Health Sciences has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 32nd most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Mercy College of Health Sciences

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mercy College of Health Sciences was 53.1%. This is the #642 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mercy College of Health Sciences regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.