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General Social Sciences at Mercy College

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General Social Sciences at Mercy College

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

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and approximately 9,547 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Mercy.

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

Mercy General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Mercy General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences 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 social sciences major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Social 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 14
Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 16
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools 45
Best Value General Social Sciences Schools 90

Earnings of Mercy Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercy is $40,285. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $32,131 for all social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

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Social Sciences Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The social sciences program at Mercy awarded 127 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social 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 social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 59
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

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

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social 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
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Social Science Research Assistants 6,290 $49,000
Social Sciences Professors 2,570 $101,250
Social Scientists 2,410 $84,940

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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