Program Payoff

Mercyhurst University

Erie, Pennsylvania. 15 certificate and associate programs, private, nonprofit. 15 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Pennsylvania.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $21,500 $52,562 (106) $96,430
Registered Nurses
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate's degree $20,000 $28,236 (76) $43,920
Medical Assistants
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's degree $12,000 $25,967 (15) $103,130
General and Operations Managers
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $12,000 $19,358 (18) $65,400
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's degree $12,000 not published $37,050
Security Guards
Biology, General Associate's degree not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Associate's degree not published $107,920
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Computer and Information Sciences, General Associate's degree not published $126,550
Software Developers
Criminal Justice and Corrections Undergraduate certificate not published $37,050
Security Guards
Culinary Arts and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $36,580
Cooks, Restaurant
Design and Applied Arts Associate's degree not published $65,400
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Hospitality Administration/Management Associate's degree not published $80,590
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate not published $44,590
Nursing Assistants
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Associate's degree not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.