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Elementary Education at Mercy College

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what Mercy College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Mercy Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Mercy Elementary Education Rankings

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Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Elementary Education Master’s Program

79% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a master's degree in elementary teaching from Mercy. About 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from Mercy, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 20% 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 elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers 82,590 $83,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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