Student Counseling at Mercy College

Every student counseling school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the student counseling program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547.

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

Mercy Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Mercy Student Counseling Rankings

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.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Student Counseling Master’s Program

The student counseling program at Mercy awarded 53 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

If you plan to be a student counseling 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
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	53

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling 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
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	24,940	$67,920

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.