General Psychology at Mount Mercy University

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 25 psychology 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 General Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Mount Mercy General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Mount Mercy General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Mount Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	463
	526
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	674
Best Value General Psychology Schools	722
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	967

Earnings of Mount Mercy Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mount Mercy is $28,097. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Mount Mercy. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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.