Liberal Arts General Studies at Mount Mercy University

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,705. Of the 430 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Mercy University in 2021, 7 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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

Mount Mercy Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Mount Mercy Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Mount Mercy performed in these rankings.

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 liberal arts major at Mount Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,646
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,684

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

The liberal arts program at Mount Mercy awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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
Professors	2,250	$71,300

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.