Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Mount Mercy grads earn $5.9K more ten years out than Northwest's ($60,787 vs. $54,914)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Northwest graduates 4 pts more of its students than Mount Mercy (66% vs. 62%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Mount Mercy$60.8K
Northwest$54.9K
Graduation rate
Mount Mercy62%
Northwest66%
Retention rate
Mount Mercy73%
Northwest84%

Borrowing

Median debt
Mount Mercy$23.7K
Northwest$20.9K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Mount Mercy53%
Northwest55%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Mount Mercy$19K
Northwest$16.7K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Mount Mercy57%
Northwest63%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Mount Mercy63%
Northwest68%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Mount Mercy23%
Northwest32%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Mount Mercy49%
Northwest65%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Mount Mercy72%
Northwest71%
Pell graduation gap
Mount Mercy23 pts lower
Northwest6 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupMount MercyNorthwest
White60%74%
AsianNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/LatinoNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
BlackNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
Two or more racesNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
InternationalNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why