Health & Physical Education at Mercy College

If you are interested in studying health and physical education, 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 has a total student population of 9,547. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in phys ed from Mercy.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Physical Education section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Health & Physical Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Phys Ed

Mercy Health & Physical Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the phys ed progam at Mercy compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The phys ed major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health & Physical Education. 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 Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	534
Most Focused Health & Physical Education Schools	1,003

Phys Ed Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 phys ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from Mercy. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its phys ed 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 phys ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

Careers That Phys Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in phys ed 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
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
Athletic Trainers	1,440	$49,960
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,320	$78,150
Exercise Physiologists	320	$68,180

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.