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, logo = , website = Mercy University (Mercy or Mercy NY), previously known as Mercy College, is a

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with its main campus in

Dobbs Ferry, New York Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 according to the 2010 United States Census. In 2019, its population rose to an estimated 11,027. The village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a p ...

, and additional locations in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

and the

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

. It is a federally designated minority-serving institution and the largest private Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in the state of New York. The university was historically affiliated with the

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, but has been independent and non-sectarian since the early 1970s. Mercy University has six schools and offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs. The university had 8,615 students enrolled in fall 2022.

History

Mercy University was founded by the

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in 1950 as Mercy College. It became a four-year college offering programs leading to the baccalaureate degree in 1961. The college was

accredited Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...

by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (now the

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) in 1968. In the next half-decade, Mercy College became independent and co-educational. In addition, it doubled the size of the existing physical plant and initiated the first of many community outreach efforts. Mercy College in the 1970s broadened its outreach through the establishment of extension centers and branch campuses throughout communities in

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and New York City. Mercy College was authorized to offer its first

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, nursing, in 1981. Since then, over 30 diverse graduate programs have been introduced, and in 2006, the college was granted authorization to offer its first

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. The college expanded its offerings to include online programs in the 1990s, and was soon granted the ability to offer entire degree programs online. Thousands of Mercy University students take one or all of their courses online through the more than 40 undergraduate and graduate programs offered. In early 2019, Mercy College and the

College of New Rochelle The College of New Rochelle (CNR) was a private Catholic college with its main campus in New Rochelle, New York, but also in Australia, England, and Germany. It was founded as the College of St. Angela by Mother Irene Gill, OSU of the Ursuline ...

announced that College of New Rochelle (CNR) would be absorbed into Mercy College starting Fall 2019, including College of New Rochelle's students, faculty, programs, some facilities, as well as transcripts, history and legacy of CNR alumnae/i. Mercy College would become the repository of CNR documents. In March 2019, the agreement between the College of New Rochelle and Mercy College was finalized. On August 12, 2019, it was announced that William Latimer, the 14th and final College of New Rochelle president, would join Mercy College as vice president of its New Rochelle and Bronx locations. Latimer would remain as president of the Bronx campus until becoming president of

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in March 2022. On September 30, 2022, Mercy received the “Seal of ''Excelencia''” from ''Excelencia'' in Education, honoring it as a national exemplar in advancing prospects for success in college for its Hispanic students. Mercy is the first private college in the country, as well as the first HSI in New York State, to receive this certification. On July 1, 2023, Susan L. Parish, the former dean of the College of Health Professions and Sentara Professor of Health Administration at

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, became the 13th president of Mercy College. A few days later, the New York State Board of Regents approved a name change for Mercy College; its new name, Mercy University, became effective on August 22, 2023.

Campuses

Westchester Campus

The main campus is in

, New York, overlooking the

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. The campus encompasses 66 acres alongside the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry, New York, a village of

, north of New York City. In addition to academic and administrative buildings, it houses the two residence halls and athletics buildings. State-of-the-art facilities include the Clinical Health and Simulation Labs, design & animation studios, music and recording studios and a 5,000 square foot fitness center. Dobbs Ferry students enjoy all the nearby shopping and restaurants, just steps from campus, as well as biking, jogging, or walking along the

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that runs through campus. In 2011, Mercy College (now Mercy University) bought the

Our Lady of Victory Academy Our Lady of Victory Academy was a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Our Lady of Victory Academy was established in 1961 by the Sisters of Mercy, who had established Mercy College on the same site in 1960. ...

building after the school closed. The building was renovated to include state-of-the-art classrooms, design & animation studios, music and recording studios, a trading room that replicates Wall Street with Bloomberg terminals and a stock ticker, and a new gymnasium with an NCAA regulation court for basketball and volleyball. In December 2015, the college opened a new 350-bed, state-of-the-art residence hall complex, known as Hudson Hall, that includes a 5,000-square-foot fitness center facility and student commons with shops. Mercy College (now Mercy University) hosted the Third Round and Quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championships at Mercy Field on the Dobbs Ferry main campus. The Westchester campus is just a short walk from the Ardsley-on-Hudson Station of the Metro-North Hudson Line, making

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in New York City accessible in less than 30 minutes.

Manhattan

The Manhattan site is situated in the heart of Manhattan at

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and occupies two floors at 47 West 34th Street. The Manhattan campus, which was expanded and renovated in 2019, includes a dorm for international students, known as Dorm 34, a 70-seat Bove Media Center, 28 classrooms, offices and breakout spaces, a cybersecurity and computer science lab, an analytics and financial lab equipped with Bloomberg Terminals, and a library with tutoring services. It also includes a common area featuring a 100-seat Herald Square Cafe, information and activities desks, dedicated space for students to meet with Mercy’s mentors, career coaches and financial aid advisors, and a large meeting space for events and campus life activities.

Bronx

The Bronx site occupies at the Hutchinson Metro Center, a rapidly developing complex of corporate and health care organizations and businesses. The Bronx Campus’s state-of-the-art facilities include fully equipped health and science labs and anatomage tables to provide maximized opportunities for learning and student-centered spaces such as the Veterans Loung

Former Locations

Yorktown Heights

In 1979, the Yorktown site of Mercy College moved to a permanent facility at the intersection of Route 202 and Strang Boulevard. This landscaped building was renovated for college use. The branch library at the Yorktown site was designated a Federal Depository Library Program, federal depository for government publications. The site is close to Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park, which offers extensive outdoor recreational activities. This campus ceased operations in 2021.

College of New Rochelle campus lease

In fall 2019, Mercy leased the

’s main campus in New Rochelle for up to two years, at $1.8 million a year, and nearly 1,700 students from CNR became Mercy students. In addition to CNR's main campus, Mercy also negotiated leases for two of CNR's satellite campuses, Rosa Parks in Harlem and the Brooklyn Campus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. However this arrangement proved short-lived as the New Rochelle campus was sold in December 2019 to the Grand Lodge of New York Freemasons in order to pay off the College of New Rochelle's debts. It has since been turned into a senior-living facility for aged and infirmed Freemasons.

Academics

Schools

Mercy University has six schools: * School of Business *School of Education *School of Health & Natural Sciences *School of Liberal Arts *School of Nursing *School of Social & Behavioral Sciences Mercy University offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs, including more than two dozen that can be completed online. The faculty comprises 210 full-time professors with a significant majority holding the highest degree in their respective fields, Fulbright Scholars, published and national best-selling authors, and experts.

Reputation and rankings

* 124 in Regional Universities North by '' U.S. News & World Report'' in 2022. * Mercy College (now Mercy University) tied for sixth place on the list for best “campus ethnic diversity” in the northern region by '' U.S. News & World Report'' in 2017. * ''

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'' ranks Mercy College a "best buy" and "competitive" in college education. * Mercy College (now Mercy University) was featured on ''

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''’s 2015 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings.

Admissions

Undergraduate acceptance rate was 86% in Fall 202

The average high school GPA of incoming freshmen was 86.3/100 (3.28/4.0) in Fall 202

Demographics

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 student

Accreditation

All campuses of Mercy University are accredited by the

. Among others, Mercy University colleges and programs holds professional accreditations with: * Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education * Accreditation Review Commission for Physician Assistant * Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs * American Association for Paralegal Education * American Association of Colleges of Nursing Mercy College * American Physical Therapy Association * American Speech, Language and Hearing Association * American Veterinary Medical Association * Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education * Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education * Council on Social Work Education * Regents Accreditation of Teacher Education (In candidacy for NCATE accreditation, late 2013)

Libraries

Mercy University houses three university libraries. Branch libraries are present on all of Mercy's sites. Its main flagship library is on the Dobbs Ferry Campus.

Athletics

Mercy athletic teams are the Mavericks. The college is a member of the NCAA Division II, Division II level of the

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(NCAA), primarily competing in the

East Coast Conference The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...

(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 10 varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, lacrosse and soccer; 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, overlooking the Hudson River.

Nickname

In 2007, the college changed its

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from "Flyers" to "Mavericks" after the administration reviewed suggestions from students and faculty members.

Student life

Student government

The Mercy College Student Government Association (SGA) is responsible for protecting students’ rights, advocating for students’ interests, and promoting student life.

ROTC

Mercy University has

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and U.S. Navy ROTC programs on campus.

Notable people

Presidents

Jay Sexter Jay Sexter is an American educator who is known for having been the president of Mercy College and for his work in developing and expanding the scope of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine of which he is the retired provost, CEO and vice pr ...

- 1990-1999 * Lucie Lapovsky - 1999-2004 * Louise Feroe - 2004-2008 * Kimberly Kline - 2008-2013 * Timothy Hall - 2014-2023 * Susan L. Parish - 2023-Present

Notable faculty and staff

* Thomas J. Abinanti, American politician, lawyer, and member of the New York State Assembly from Greenburgh, New York. * Fernando Cabrera, American politician in the Bronx, New York. A Democrat, he currently represents the 14th District in the New York City Council. Formerly program director for the Mental Health and Counseling program at Mercy College * Hind Rassam Culhane, lawyer, social and behavioral scientist *

Ira Joe Fisher Ira Joe Fisher (born October 31, 1947, Salamanca, New York) is an American broadcaster, poet, and educator.. The winner of two regional Emmys, he currently presents Speaking Fearlessly seminars and teaches at UConn and Mercy College. He was the ...

, winner of two regional Emmys *

Emmanuel Gyimah Labi Emmanuel Gyimah Labi (born 27 September 1950 in Accra) is a Ghanaian composer, conductor, and music professor. He is a graduate of the Achimota School and a former conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra Ghana. In 1971, Labi became a member ...

, Ghanaian composer, conductor, and music professor. * Adma d'Heurle, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, one of five original faculty members of the college *

Matt Kilcullen Matt Kilcullen (born October 31, 1954) is an American Director of Athletics at Mercy College (New York), Mercy College, formerly college basketball coach and athletics administrator at the University of North Florida. He served as head coach of men ...

, Director of Athletics * Wilbert J. Le Melle, American diplomat, author and academician. Former President of Mercy College *

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, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1987 to 1995. *

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, American computer scientist *

Victor M. Pichardo Victor M. Pichardo (born August 27, 1984) is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing 86th New York State Assembly District, which includes the university and Morris Heights, Mount Eden, Kingsbridge, Tremont, and Fo ...

, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. Former associate director of Public Relations at Mercy College. * Alfred S. Posamentier, American author and educator *

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, director and producer of multimedia products and computer animation, an author, artist and media theorist. *

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, recognized as one of America's premier photojournalists. *

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, American author and lecturer *

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, American economist and writer. * Rick Wolff, book editor, author, college coach, broadcaster, and former professional baseball player.

Notable alumni

Mercy College had more than 66,710 alumni as of 2019. Additionally, the now-defunct College of New Rochelle's alumni, numbering more than 50,000, have been merged into the Mercy College Family. *

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, American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for since 2021. *

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traditional ruler who is the

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(or

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among others *

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, former

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

wide receiver *

Gregory Howard Williams Gregory Howard Williams is a scholar, attorney, law school professor, author, and formerly the 27th President of the University of Cincinnati (2009 to 2012) and the 11th President of the City College of New York (2001–2009). Early life and educ ...

, 27th President of the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

, and the 11th President of

the City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City ...

. *

Mookie Wilson William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson (born February 9, 1956) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of ga ...

, former

outfielder/ coach. *

Joan Wolf Joan Wolf (born 1951 in Bronx, New York) is an American writer of romance novels. Wolf grew up in the Bronx, New York. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Mercy College and Master in English and Comparative Literature in Hunter College. Biblio ...

, author of more than 15 historical novels. *

Mark Zuckerberg Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born ) is an American business magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), o ...

, self-made billionaire, chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder of Facebook

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