Information Technology at Mercy College

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Mercy College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Mercy.

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

Mercy Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

Mercy Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT 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 IT major at Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	73
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	73
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
	122
	129
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	148
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	150
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	153
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	187
	367
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	386
Best Value Information Technology Schools	412
Best Information Technology Schools	447

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in IT from Mercy. This makes it the #73 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT from Mercy. About 90% were men and 10% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mercy Information Technology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 IT majors earned their master's degree from Mercy. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a IT 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
Computer & IS Security	44

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Computer Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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 User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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.