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Mercy College of Health Sciences Trade Programs

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

516 Full-Time Undergraduates

$22,360 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Mercy College of Health Sciences?

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

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Can I Afford Mercy College of Health Sciences?

$22,360 In-State Tuition

61% Take Out Loans

During a recent academic cycle, part-time students at Mercy College of Health Sciences paid $663 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$22,360	$22,360
Books and Supplies	$2,246	$2,246

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mercy College of Health Sciences, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $8,191 a year. That adds up to $32,764 over four years for those students.

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Mercy College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

516 Full-Time Undergraduates

83% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 869 undergraduate students at Mercy College of Health Sciences, with 516 being full-time and 353 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 516 full-time undergraduates at Mercy College of Health Sciences, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	25
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	373
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

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.

This school is the 6th 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 Trade School Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
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
Surgical Technology	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	22	31	41	11	105

Mercy College of Health Sciences Trades

In a recent academic period, Mercy College of Health Sciences awarded 210 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	22	0	8	0
Allied Health Professions	0	31	23	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	10	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	11
Total	44	82	62	22

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.

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