College · Private nonprofit · Dobbs Ferry, NY · Suburb
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate86%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size5,735
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 86% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 25.
If you get in
5,735 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $33k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$130k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$56k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$74k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $22.9k
- Room & board
- $15.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,690
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans46%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 5,735
- Location
- Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Mercy
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic49%
- Black26%
- White15%
- Asian4%
- International3%
- Two or more races2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$27k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.