Mercy University
Private College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $52,055.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,055 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $19,637, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.5% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Mercy University takes nearly everyone who applies. 8,642 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 30% return, against 76% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,539 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,200 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,974 at the $0–30k band to $21,299 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 82% of students at an average of $13,664. About 53% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,155 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,974 |
| $30–48k | $12,598 |
| $48–75k | $15,056 |
| $75–110k | $17,725 |
| $110k+ | $21,299 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,952 of these 5,539 students, totalling $21,944,957 — an average of $7,434 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westchester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)