Liberal Arts at Mercy College

What traits are you looking for in a liberal studies school? To help you decide if Mercy College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal studies program.

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 Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mercy does offer online courses in liberal studies for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Mercy Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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.

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Mercy may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 38% more women than average.

Mercy does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Mercy Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal studies 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 liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.