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Mount Mercy University Data & Information Overview

37 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
81% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Mount Mercy University Ranked?

#1,131 Best Colleges in Nation
#23 Best Colleges in IA
Health & Medical Administrative Services Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Mount Mercy University was awarded 37 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.

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Overall Quality

Mount Mercy is ranked #1,131 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

Mount Mercy is also ranked #23 out of 40 schools in Iowa.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Mount Mercy?

81% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Mount Mercy University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 81%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

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Mount Mercy University Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Mount Mercy University is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Mount Mercy University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Mount Mercy University

78% Freshmen Retention
51% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Mount Mercy University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  78 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Mount Mercy the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 51%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  51 out of 100
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Mount Mercy University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,044 Full-Time Undergraduates
15.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
67.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,381 undergraduates at Mount Mercy with 1,044 being full-time and 337 being part-time.

How Much Does Mount Mercy University Cost?

$22,668 Net Price
77% Take Out Loans
$44,064 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Mount Mercy is $22,668. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Mount Mercy

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,250 $17,384 $21,263 $25,560 $27,015

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mount Mercy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Mount Mercy, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $11,016 a year. That adds up to $44,064 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mount Mercy is 5.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Mount Mercy Graduates Make?

$50,047 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Mount Mercy with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $50,047 in their early years. This is good news for future Mount Mercy graduates since it is 18% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Mount Mercy University

Iowa State
1,044 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Mount Mercy University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for Mount Mercy are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1330 Elmhurst Dr Ne, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-4797
Phone: 319-363-8213
Website: www.mtmercy.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mountmercyuniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MountMercy

Mount Mercy University Majors

48 Majors With Completions
432 Undergraduate Degrees
103 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 48 majors graduated from Mount Mercy University. Of these students, 432 received undergraduate degrees and 103 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing 104 $57,547
Teacher Education Grade Specific 31 $39,647
Business Administration & Management 26 $36,384
General Psychology 25 $28,097
General Business/Commerce 24 $52,232
Human Resource Management 22 $39,879
Social Work 21 $33,397
Criminal Justice & Corrections 18 $30,427
Marketing 17 $41,591
Finance & Financial Management 16 $42,894

Learn more about the majors offered at Mount Mercy University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Mount Mercy

31% Take At Least One Class Online
19% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 492 students took at least one online class at Mount Mercy University. This is a decrease from the 578 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 492 306
2019-2020 578 352
2018-2019 523 275
2017-2018 495 233
2016-2017 375 187

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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