Information Science at Mercy College

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

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. In 2021, 5 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercy.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Mercy Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at 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 IS major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. 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
	113
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	147
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	150
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
	183
Best Value Information Science Schools	232
Best Information Science Schools	234
Most Popular Information Science Schools	257
Most Focused Information Science Schools	306

IS Student Demographics at Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Mercy College.

Mercy Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Science from Mercy in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercy College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	5

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• Information Technology

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.