Accounting at Mercy College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Mercy College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Mercy Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Accounting Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mercy Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 34% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Mercy College. 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
Accounting	59

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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.