Mercer University is the second-largest private university in Georgia with more than 8,000 students studying in 11 schools and colleges.

Mercer operates one of only two engineering schools in the state of Georgia, one of only three pharmacy schools, one of only four medical schools and one of five law schools.

Mercer has one of the more prominent university presses in the country and operates an engineering research center in Warner Robins.

More Georgians are educated at Mercer than at any other private university in the world.

U.S. News & World Report has for 20 consecutive years ranked Mercer among the Top 15 universities in the South.

Mercer is an emerging research university with more than 150 Ph.D. students and nearly $25 million in externally funded research.

Mercer is the only private university in the state of Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletics program.

Mercer's School of Medicine was founded to educate physicians to meet the State of Georgia's growing health care needs, in particular those in rural and medically underserved areas, with campuses in both Macon and Savannah.

Mercer's Atlanta campus offers programs in Business, Education, Theology, Nursing and Pharmacy.

Mercer is a leader in the number of students studying in health-related fields such as Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical, Physician's Assistants, Bio-Medical Engineering and Physical Therapy.

World-renowned violinist and Grammy nominated recording artist Robert McDuffie calls Townsend School of Music home.