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Legal Professions at Mercy College

If you are interested in studying legal professions, 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. In 2021, 22 legal professions majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercy.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions

Each year, College Factual ranks legal professions programs across the country. The following shows how Mercy performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 82
Most Focused Legal Professions Schools 585

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

77% Women
77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in legal professions from Mercy. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions 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 legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Mercy also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

The following legal professions 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
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 22

A degree in legal professions 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
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990
Judges, and Magistrates 3,170 $158,970

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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