Mercy College is renamed Mercy University

Mercy College announced a name change to Mercy University after receiving approval from the New York State Board of Regents.

“Becoming a university is the natural evolution for our institution, and firmly rooted in Mercy”™s founding principles,” said Dr. Susan L. Parish, Ph.D., M.S.W., president of Mercy University. “We celebrate the many ways we have successfully educated thousands of students, who are often the first in their families to attend college. Mercy University looks forward to the next 75 years of growth and enrichment, deepening our community ties, and finding new ways to push higher education forward to advance student success.”

Mercy was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy in 1950 and became a four-year institution offering baccalaureate programs in 1961. During the 1970s, Mercy became independent, non-sectarian, and co-educational. The school introduced its first graduate program in 1981 and its first doctoral program in 2006.