Finance & Financial Management at Mount Mercy University

Every finance and financial management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at Mount Mercy University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Mount Mercy.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance & Financial Management section at the bottom of this page.

Mount Mercy Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

Mount Mercy Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Mount 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 finance major at Mount Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial Management. 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 Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	76
Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	130
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Schools	176
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	220
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	376
Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools	430

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in finance from Mount Mercy. This makes it the #130 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Mount Mercy Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mount Mercy is $42,894. This is less than $48,896, which is the national average of all finance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Finance Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Mount Mercy University.

Mount Mercy Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mount Mercy, about 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Mount Mercy since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Mount Mercy are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mount Mercy Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Finance & Financial Management from Mount Mercy in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Mercy University with a master's in finance.

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

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Tellers	6,810	$28,480
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	4,640	$37,930
Loan Officers	4,540	$67,580

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.