General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Mercyhurst University

What traits are you looking for in a health studies school? To help you decide if Mercyhurst University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health studies program.

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,790 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 health studies majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercyhurst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Mercyhurst General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

Mercyhurst General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at Mercyhurst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at Mercyhurst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
	149
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	221
	346

Health Studies Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health studies majors at Mercyhurst University.

Mercyhurst General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 health studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercyhurst, about 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical health studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercyhurst since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health studies at Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst University with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mercyhurst also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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.