Institutional Research

Quick Facts

Mercer University is a private, coeducational, church-related institution of higher learning founded in 1833. Mercer’s eleven colleges and schools serve undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in Macon, Atlanta, and in four Regional Academic Centers.

Academic Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered: Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Master's Certificate, Doctoral, First Professional

Regional Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Programmatic Accreditations: 21

Carnegie Classification: Master's Large: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

Level: 4-year or above
Control: Private not-for-profit

Fall Census Counts

Fall 2001

Fall 2002

Fall 2003

Fall 2004

Fall 2005

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Total Headcount Enrollment (Unduplicated)

7,315

7,324

7,200

7,180

7,154

7,049

7,308

7,622

8,072

Total FTE
(Unduplicated)

6,533.3

6,566.4

6,468.0

6,474.0

6,454.7

6,340

6,574.3

6,890.7

7,315.6

Headcount Enrollment by Student Level*

Undergraduate Enrollment

4,740

4,673

4,580

4,628

4,499

4,260

4,321

4,403

4,530

Graduate Enrollment

1,250

1,276

1,215

1,131

1,254

1,363

1,539

1,737

2,053

Professional Enrollment

1,325

1,376

1,405

1,421

1,435

1,477

1,492

1,533

1,538

Mercer Employees

Total Employees^†

1,553

1,535

1,546

1,533

1,556

1,499

1,475

1,554

Full-Time Faculty^†

404

413

424

434

440

445

454

471

Student-Faculty Ratio^‡

15:1

14:1

13:1

12:1

13:1

13.5:1

* Headcount enrollment by student level are duplicated counts. A student may have a valid matriculation at more than one level, for example, a joint J.D. and M.B.A. degree.

^† Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Human Resources/Fall Staff surveys. The total employee figure includes full-time, part-time, and adjunct employees. The full-time faculty figure represents full-time employees with faculty status whose primary occupational function is instruction, research, or public service.

^‡ Ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part-time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full-time plus 1/3 part-time). Excluded are both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students (Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, and Theology).

Degrees Awarded

01-02

02-03

03-04

04-05

05-06

06-07

07-08

08-09

Total Degrees Awarded

1,720

1,823

1,679

1,798

1,774

1,688

1,902

1,925

Undergraduate

973

1,052

943

1,090

1,082

972

967

984

Graduate

414

428

385

335

343

348

550

536

Professional

333

343

351

373

346

368

385

405

Last updated: Nov 16, 2009