Mathematics Education at Mercy College

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

Mercy Mathematics Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Math Teacher Education

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 math teacher education at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Mercy Mathematics Education Rankings

Math Teacher Education Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Mathematics Education Master’s Program

45% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of math teacher education master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in math teacher education each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

In the math teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 42% 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 math teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Math Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in math teacher education 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070

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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