Mercyhurst University
Erie, Pennsylvania · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
23of 24 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Pennsylvania high-school graduate (about $36,498 a year). 1 falls short.
24 of 75 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 51: 47 with no earnings published and 4 with nothing reported. 2 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 35 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$19,444 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$19,444 a year
About $77,776 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $22,626 |
| $30k to $48k | $22,429 |
| $48k to $75k | $17,197 |
| $75k to $110k | $21,665 |
| $110k and up | $16,748 |
| All families (average) | $19,444 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Pennsylvania high-school graduate ($36,498 a year).
29 of 110 programs could be assessed 26% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | Associate's Degree | $77,864 | +$41,366 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.5 yrs | 74 |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $86,597 | +$50,099 | clears the bar | $25,500 | 0.5 yrs | 59 |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | Master's Degree | $107,254 | +$70,756 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 54 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $58,112 | +$21,614 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 33 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $54,902 | +$18,404 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.4 yrs | 30 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | $124,378 | +$87,880 | above HS line | $134,666 | 1.5 yrs | 29 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $65,000 | +$28,502 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.9 yrs | 28 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $49,638 | +$13,140 | clears the bar | $24,923 | 1.9 yrs | 27 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $45,411 | +$8,913 | clears the bar | $26,836 | 3.0 yrs | 23 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $83,812 | +$47,314 | clears the bar | $25,299 | 0.5 yrs | 20 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $43,694 | +$7,196 | clears the bar | $26,153 | 3.6 yrs | 19 |
| Security Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $55,665 | +$19,167 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $61,066 | +$24,568 | clears the bar | $26,950 | 1.1 yrs | 17 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $72,411 | +$35,913 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 0.7 yrs | 14 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $63,128 | +$26,630 | clears the bar | $26,269 | 1.0 yrs | 14 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $51,575 | +$15,077 | above HS line | $18,584 | 1.2 yrs | 12 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | $41,049 | +$4,551 | clears the bar | $26,500 | 5.8 yrs | 12 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $50,399 | +$13,901 | above HS line | $20,500 | 1.5 yrs | 11 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $86,596 | +$50,098 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $32,7291-year earnings | -$3,769 | falls short (1-yr) | $26,000 | no earnings gain | 9 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $74,187 | +$37,689 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 0.7 yrs | 9 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $76,154 | +$39,656 | clears the bar | $24,500 | 0.6 yrs | 8 |
| Hospitality Management | Bachelor's Degree | $53,812 | +$17,314 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.5 yrs | 8 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $64,5191-year earnings | +$28,021 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $35,883 | 1.3 yrs | 7 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $47,652 | +$11,154 | clears the bar | $25,750 | 2.3 yrs | 6 |
| Criminal Justice | Associate's Degree | $42,983 | +$6,485 | clears the bar | $12,000 | 1.9 yrs | 6 |
| Business Administration | Associate's Degree | $40,802 | +$4,304 | clears the bar | $12,000 | 2.8 yrs | 6 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $54,182 | +$17,684 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.4 yrs | 5 |
| Medical Assisting | Associate's Degree | $45,013 | +$8,515 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 2.3 yrs | 4 |
| Criminal Justice | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| IT Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Practical and Vocational Nursing | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $25,500 | not assessed | 10 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $25,000 | not assessed | 10 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Data Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Human Resources | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $12,000 | not assessed | 3 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Hospitality Management | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Business Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Insurance | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer and Information Science | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| IT Administration and Management | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Culinary Arts | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Anthropology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer and Information Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Criminal Justice | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Anthropology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Archeology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Design | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Healthcare Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Medical Laboratory Science | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Accounting | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Associate's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Biology | Associate's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,498 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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