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Mercy University[8] (Mercy NY), previously known as Mercy College, is a private research university in Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States, with additional locations in Manhattan and the Bronx.[9] It is a federally designated minority-serving institution and the largest private Hispanic-Serving Institution in the state of New York.[10] The university was historically affiliated with the Catholic Church, but has been independent and non-sectarian since the early 1970s, though it retains its historical affiliation with the Sisters of Mercy.[11][12]
The university has six schools and offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs, on campus and online.[13] Mercy University's 2025 Carnegie Classification has been designated as a Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Medium.[14] Enrollment at Mercy University includes approximately 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing 42 states and 59 countries throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America.[4][15]
The college was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy.[16] Mercy became a four-year institution offering programs leading to the baccalaureate degree in 1961. Mercy first received accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education by the end of that decade. Over the next half-decade, Mercy became independent, non-sectarian, and co-educational; it also doubled the size of the existing physical plant.
In 2011, Mercy College absorbed the buildings and facilities of Our Lady of Victory Academy. The purchase and redevelopment of Victory Hall in 2013 allowed Mercy to increase classroom space, particularly for experiential learning in Business, Health Sciences, Music Production and Recording Arts, and Design and Animation. In 2016, Mercy College opened a new $32 million, 100,000-square-foot residence hall, a 5,000-square-foot fitness center and a Starbucks Cafe and convenience store on its Dobbs Ferry campus.[17] Mercy College expanded and renovated its Manhattan campus in 2019.[18] Also in 2019, Mercy College absorbed the College of New Rochelle.[19] In 2023, Mercy College launched its sixth school, the School of Nursing, and became Mercy University to reflect the breadth of its programs across a wide variety of disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels and its evolution to a research university.[20] In 2024, Mercy University completed $4.25 million worth of campus improvements in Dobbs Ferry, New York, including the construction of a 4,100 square-foot permanent open-aired pavilion in The Grove area of the Dobbs Ferry main campus.[21] Also in 2024, Mercy University started enhancing its athletic fields on the Dobbs Ferry campus.[22]
A new 26,140-square-foot field house is slated for completion in mid-2027 on the Dobbs Ferry campus.[23]
Mercy University's Dobbs Ferry, New York, campus is seated on 66 acres (27 ha). It encompasses numerous administrative, academic and dormitory buildings, as well as indoor and outdoor athletic and fitness facilities.
In 2024, Mercy University completed $4.25 million worth of campus improvements in Dobbs Ferry, New York, including the construction of a 4,100 square-foot permanent open-aired pavilion in The Grove area of the Dobbs Ferry main campus.[21]
In 2024, Mercy University started enhancing its athletic fields on the Dobbs Ferry campus.[22]
The Manhattan campus is situated in the heart of Manhattan at Herald Square and occupies three floors at 47 West 34th Street totalling 95,370 square feet.[24] The Manhattan campus was expanded and renovated in 2019.[18]
ブロンクスキャンパスは、ハッチンソンメトロセンター内に125,522平方フィート（11,661.4平方メートル）の広さを占めています。ハッチンソンメトロセンターは、企業や医療機関、企業が集積する急速に発展している複合施設です。ブロンクス（2019年）キャンパスは、最先端の技術と専用の設備を備えています。
医療専門職の学習を支援するための施設。ブロンクスキャンパスの施設には、保健科学実験室や解剖台、退役軍人ラウンジなどの学生スペースがあります。[ 25 ]
1979年、マーシー大学のヨークタウンキャンパスは、ルート202とストラング大通りの交差点にある恒久的な施設に移転しました。この景観の良い建物は、大学での使用のために改修されました。ヨークタウンキャンパスの分館図書館は、政府刊行物の連邦保管所として指定されました。[ 26 ]キャンパスはフランクリン・デラノ・ルーズベルト州立公園の近くにあり、2021年に運営を停止しました。[ 27 ]
2019年秋、マーシー大学はニューロシェルにあるニューロシェル大学 のメインキャンパスを年間180万ドルで最長2年間リースし、CNRの学生約1,700人がマーシー大学の学生となった。 [ 28 ]マーシー大学はCNRのメインキャンパスに加えて、ハーレムのローザ・パークスとブルックリンのベッドフォード・スタイベサント地区にあるブルックリンキャンパスの2つのサテライトキャンパスのリースも交渉した。[ 29 ]しかし、この取り決めは短命に終わり、ニューロシェルキャンパスはニューロシェル大学の負債を返済するために2019年12月にニューヨーク・フリーメイソンのグランドロッジに売却された。
マーシー大学には6つの学部があります。
同大学は、100以上の学部および大学院の学位・資格取得プログラムを提供しており、そのうち20以上はオンラインで修了可能です。教員は227名の常勤教授で構成されています。[ 4 ]
Undergraduate acceptance rate was 85% in Fall 2023.[32] The middle 50 percent SAT Composite scores of enrolled students were 1020–1230.[30] The middle 50 percent ACT Composite score of enrolled students was between 21 and 25.[30] The average high-school GPA of enrolled students was 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.[30]
As of 2022, Mercy University had 8,615 students enrolled. The undergraduate population includes 4,815 full-time and 1,564 part-time students with 30 percent of freshmen and 11 percent of all full-time undergraduates residing in campus-affiliated housing. While the majority of students are come from the tri-state area, students represent 40 states and 51 countries. Mercy University offers small class sizes with an average student/faculty ratio of 15:1. Around 89 percent of students are commuters; 11 percent live in campus housing. Mercy University has 72 percent female students and 28 percent male students.[33]
All campuses of Mercy University are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Mercy University participates in the McNair Scholars Program and is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The Office of Sponsored Programs works with faculty members and students to apply for funding to support research programs in a variety of fields.[34][35] Mercy University conducts cybersecurity research in a number of areas including cross-domain information sharing, data security and privacy, data mining for malware detection, geospatial information security, secure social networks, and secure cloud computing. The university is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.[36]
Mercy University's flagship library is on the main Dobbs Ferry Campus.[37] Both the Bronx and Manhattan campuses also have branch libraries.[38] The branch library at Mercy University's now permanently closed Yorktown campus, which was merged into the flagship library on the main Dobbs Ferry Campus, had been designated a federal depository for government publications.[26]
Mercy athletic teams are the Mavericks. The college is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the East Coast Conference (ECC; formerly known as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) until after the 2005–06 academic year) since the 1989–90 academic year.
Mercy University sponsors an intramural sports program, as well as intercollegiate competition in 11 varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and volleyball.
The baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and field hockey teams, in addition to numerous local community high school and youth groups, play on a new, eco-friendly turf field on the Dobbs Ferry campus.
In 2007, the university changed its athletic nickname from "Flyers" to "Mavericks" after the administration reviewed suggestions from students and faculty members.[6][39]
The Mercy College Student Government Association (SGA) is responsible for protecting students' rights, advocating for students' interests, and promoting student life.
Mercy University has U.S. Army ROTC and U.S. Navy ROTC programs on campus.[40]
Mercy University had more than 100,000 alumni as of 2026.[52][5] The alumni of the now-defunct College of New Rochelle have been merged into the Mercy University alumni community.[53][52]
Alumni in politics and government include Jamaal Bowman, American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021; Pasquale J. D'Amuro, American terrorism authority, former intelligence agent and television analyst. In a career of 26 years he rose to the third position of the FBI; Robert Cornegy, New York City Council Member for the 36th District, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn; Mike Kavekotora, Namibian politician and member of parliament. He is the president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP); David Rosado, American politician from New York; Maria del Carmen Arroyo, the former Council member for the 17th district of the New York City Council; Anna Cowin, former Lake County School District superintendent and served in the Florida State Senate; Mary Donohue, an American retired educator, attorney, politician and Judge of the New York Court of Claims and a former two-term Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Prominent alumni in business and finance include Mark Zuckerberg, self-made billionaire, chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder of Facebook;[A]Carolyn Kepcher, businesswoman who was one of the judges on the NBC television program The Apprentice; Walter Anderson, former publisher and CEO of Parade Magazine; Noreen Culhane, an American businesswoman and current executive vice president of the New York Stock Exchange; and Anne Sweeney, former co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney–ABC Television Group, and the President of Disney Channel from 1996 to 2014.
芸術やメディア分野の卒業生には、アカデミー賞にノミネートされた女優のガボレイ・シディベ、アメリカの女優でアカデミー賞、ゴールデングローブ賞、トニー賞など数々の賞を受賞しているメルセデス・ルール、エミー賞受賞のテレビニュースプロデューサーのアンジェラ・カスカラーノ、 [ 55 ]ビジネス・エミー賞を受賞したアメリカのジャーナリスト兼ニュースプロデューサーのマリア・メルカデル、15冊以上の歴史小説の著者であるジョーン・ウルフ、そして1980年代のプライムタイムのソープオペラ「ダラス」、「ダイナスティ」 、「ファルコン・クレスト」での仕事で最もよく知られている小説家、テレビ脚本家、プロデューサーのカミーユ・マルケッタなどがいます。
Notable figures in the field of education include Paul Broadie, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College; Gregory Howard Williams, 27th President of the University of Cincinnati, and the 11th President of the City College of New York; Meisha Ross Porter, an American educator who served as the New York City Schools Chancellor; Anthony Mullen, 2009 National Teacher of the Year award winner;[56]Madeleine Blais, an American journalist, author and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; Julia Ching, professor of religion, philosophy and East Asian studies at the University of Toronto; Regina Peruggi, an American educator, who was the President of Kingsborough Community College from 2005 to 2014. Prior to that, she was president of Marymount Manhattan College and led the Central Park Conservancy; Teresa P. Pica, Professor of Education at the University of PennsylvaniaGraduate School of Education; Darlene Yee-Melichar, professor and coordinator of the gerontology program at San Francisco State University where she also serves as Director of Long-Term care Administration; Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian who served as professor emerita of ethics and theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey; and Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo, President of Columbia Theological Seminary.[57]
科学と医学分野の卒業生には、国立アルコール乱用・アルコール依存症研究所のアメリカ人看護師兼研究者であるポール・ヴァレリー・ジョセフ氏（2022年全米医学アカデミーおよびアメリカ看護アカデミーのフェロー）、国立補完統合医療センターの外部研究部門のディレクターを務める神経化学者のエメリン・エドワーズ氏（以前はメリーランド大学カレッジパーク校で複雑な行動の神経メカニズムと情動障害の遺伝子モデルの特徴付けについて研究していた。2000年から2010年まで、エドワーズ氏は国立神経疾患・脳卒中研究所の外部プログラムの副ディレクターを務めていた）、そして疾病管理予防センター（CDC）の公衆衛生担当官でアメリカ人の社会心理学者であるキャスリーン・エティエ氏などがいる。 2016年、彼女はCDC（疾病対策センター）のHIV/AIDS、ウイルス性肝炎、性感染症、結核予防センターの青少年・学校保健部門の部長に任命された。
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