College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Mercy University

Dobbs Ferry, NY · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 5,735 undergrads · 86% admitted

Do students finish?

46% complete

A large share of students do not finish; the cost is the same whether or not you graduate.

What does it cost?

$32,596/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$130,384 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$52,055 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $29,099 median $52,055 75th pct $76,821

69% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

15 Bachelor's programs · $23,554 to $115,215 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $115,215 $10,500

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $46,405 —

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $41,334 $25,914

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $40,731 —

Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $40,285 $22,699

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $38,813 $22,000

Non-Professional Legal Studies.Bachelor's $37,348 $25,000

Human Services, General.Bachelor's $35,942 $24,000

Sociology.Bachelor's $31,993 —

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $31,947 $17,500

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $30,333 $25,000

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $30,209 $24,500

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $27,973 $25,500

Music.Bachelor's $26,599 $22,923

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $23,554 $25,499

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$15,000

≈ 29% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (33 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website