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Mercy College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Des Moines, Iowa. The location of Mercy College of Health Sciences is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

404 Undergraduate Degrees
97% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Mercy College of Health Sciences?

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Contact details for Mercy College of Health Sciences are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 928 6Th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309-1239
Phone: 515-643-3180
Website: www.mchs.edu

How Do I Get Into Mercy College of Health Sciences?

You can apply to Mercy College of Health Sciences online at: https://apply.mchs.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Mercy College of Health Sciences

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mercy College of Health Sciences?

97% Acceptance Rate
89% Of Accepted Are Women
Mercy College of Health Sciences has the high acceptance rate of 97%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 11% of accepted students are men and 89% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Mercy College of Health Sciences received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Mercy College of Health Sciences?

69% Take Out Loans

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mercy College of Health Sciences, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,425 a year. That adds up to $29,700 over four years for those students.

Mercy College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

535 Full-Time Undergraduates
80% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 951 undergraduate students at Mercy College of Health Sciences, with 535 being full-time and 416 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 535 full-time undergraduates at Mercy College of Health Sciences, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mercy College of Health Sciences students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 34
Black or African American 55
Hispanic or Latino 43
White 370
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 32

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Mercy College of Health Sciences. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Mercy College of Health Sciences

217 Took All Classes Online
723 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Mercy College of Health Sciences. In 2022-2023, 723 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Mercy College of Health Sciences has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 13th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Mercy College of Health Sciences majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Care Management 45%
Medical/Clinical Assistant 81%

Mercy College of Health Sciences Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 0 36 0 258 294
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 0 1 31 0 32
Medical/Clinical Assistant 22 4 0 0 26
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 0 13 0 0 13
Health Care Management 0 0 0 11 11
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 0 0 10 0 10
Radiologic Technology 0 8 0 0 8
Physical Therapy Assistant 0 4 0 0 4
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 0 0 0 3 3
General Public Health 0 0 0 2 2
Surgical Technology 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 22 67 41 274 404

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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