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Mercy College of Health Sciences

928 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309 · Private nonprofit 4-year · (515) 643-3180 · School website

Average net price

$26,924

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

121

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

33.9%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Yellow Ribbon school (IPEDS) Credit for military training (IPEDS)

Career programs at Mercy College of Health Sciences

Mercy College of Health Sciences reported 121 certificate and associate completions in 2 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in medical assistant (91). College Scorecard counts 867 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	91	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	30	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Mercy College of Health Sciences

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $17,664
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $17,664
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $2,328
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $26,924
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $14,745
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $62,234

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Mercy College of Health Sciences net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

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