Student Counseling at Mercy College

Every student counseling school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the student counseling program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547.

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

Mercy Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Mercy Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students graduated with a master's degree in student counseling from Mercy. About 8% were men and 92% were women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling 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
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	24,940	$67,920

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.