Education at Mount Mercy University

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,705.

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

Mount Mercy Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Mount Mercy Education Rankings

The education major at Mount Mercy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. 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.

Education Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Mount Mercy University.

Mount Mercy Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Mount Mercy since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Mount Mercy are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mount Mercy Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Mount Mercy, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mount Mercy University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	31
Teacher Education Subject Specific	17
Other Education	3
Special Education	1
Teaching English or French	1

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Teacher Assistants	19,890	$25,320
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Middle School Teachers	7,940	$55,300
Preschool Teachers	4,770	$27,030

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.