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Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College

Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College

Every behavioral sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the behavioral sciences 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 Behavioral Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Behavioral Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Sciences

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 behavioral sciences for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Mercy Behavioral Sciences Rankings

The behavioral sciences major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Behavioral Sciences. 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.

Behavioral Sciences Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Behavioral Sciences Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of behavioral sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its behavioral sciences 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 behavioral sciences.

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

Careers That Behavioral Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in behavioral sciences 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
Community and Social Service Specialists 15,510 $56,110
Social Scientists 2,410 $84,940
Psychologists 480 $99,640
Life Scientists 170 $77,970

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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