Mercer University

Common Data Set
2005-06

B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

Last Updated: April 6, 2006

Enrollment | Persistence | Graduation Rates | Retention Rates

Mercer University has several distinct programs for undergraduate degree-seeking students: 1. Our "traditional" program is offered on our main campus in Macon, Georgia; it is a daytime program geared toward traditional age, first-time college students. 2. Mercer offers an evening and weekend continuing education program geared toward adults held at off-campus centers around the state of Georgia. 3. Our branch campus in Atlanta offers upper division undergraduate courses leading to a BBA in business. 4. Our Georgia Baptist College of Nursing offers undergraduate nursing degrees on the Atlanta Campus.

Enrollment

CDS B1. Fall 2005 Institutional Enrollment—Men and Women The numbers below are consistent with the definitions provided by the IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey. The following figures may differ from enrollment counts reported elsewhere under different reporting definitions.

	Full-Time			Part-Time
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen	258	408	666	3	16	19
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen in Macon campus traditional undergraduate program only	252	364	616	0	0	0
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen in off-campus adult extended education program only	5	18	23	3	14	17
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen in Atlanta campus nursing program only	1	26	27	0	2	2
Other first-year, degree-seeking	110	146	256	16	53	69
All other degree-seeking	849	1985	2834	141	418	559
*Total degree-seeking*	1217	2539	3756	160	487	647
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses	5	35	40	13	42	55
*Total undergraduates*	1222	2574	3796	173	529	702
First Professional
First-time, first-professional students	177	207	384	9	20	29
All other first-professionals	384	565	949	28	45	73
*Total first-professional*	561	772	1333	37	65	102
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time	44	42	86	62	130	192
All other degree-seeking	90	110	200	139	213	352
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses	20	105	125	54	212	266
*Total graduate*	154	257	411	255	555	810

Total all undergraduates: 4498
Total all graduate and professional students: 2656

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 7154

CDS B2. Fall 2005 Undergraduate Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.

	Degree-Seeking First-time, First year	Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (Includes first-time, first-year)	Total Undergraduates
All Undergraduates
Non-resident aliens	11	112	120
Black, non-Hispanic	110	1205	1229
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	6	6
Asian or Pacific Islander	44	163	165
Hispanic	20	90	93
White, non-Hispanic	464	2675	2727
Race/ethnicity unknown	34	152	158
Total	685	4403	4498
Macon Campus Traditional Undergraduate Program Only
Non-resident aliens	7	49	53
Black, non-Hispanic	85	381	381
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	5	5
Asian or Pacific Islander	40	128	130
Hispanic	19	54	55
White, non-Hispanic	432	1667	1674
Race/ethnicity unknown	31	71	73
Total	616	2355	2371
Adult Regional Academic Center Program Only
Non-resident aliens	3	44	48
Black, non-Hispanic	20	656	680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	1	1
Asian or Pacific Islander	0	12	12
Hispanic	0	25	27
White, non-Hispanic	14	685	726
Race/ethnicity unknown	3	56	59
Total	40	1479	1553
Atlanta Campus Nursing Program Only
Non-resident aliens	1	4	4
Black, non-Hispanic	5	125	125
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0	0
Asian or Pacific Islander	4	19	19
Hispanic	1	7	7
White, non-Hispanic	18	282	282
Race/ethnicity unknown	0	11	11
Total	29	448	448
Atlanta Campus Upper Division Business Program Only
Non-resident aliens	NA	15	15
Black, non-Hispanic	NA	43	43
American Indian or Alaskan Native	NA	0	0
Asian or Pacific Islander	NA	4	4
Hispanic	NA	4	4
White, non-Hispanic	NA	41	45
Race/ethnicity unknown	NA	14	15
Total	NA	121	126

Persistence

CDS B3. Number of degrees awarded by Mercer from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.
Source: IPEDS-C Completions Survey 2004-05

	Bachelor's degrees	1089
	Master's degrees	323
	Post-master's certificates	8
	Doctoral degrees	3
	First professional degrees	373
	Total	1,796

Graduation Rates

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

The Common Data Set calls for inclusion of figures from the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). The numbers below are consistent with the definitions provided by the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey and the total cohort is inclusive of our traditional undergraduate students on the Macon campus, nursing students on the Atlanta campus, and adult students in our extended centers who enter as first-time, full-time freshmen. (The undergraduate business program on the Atlanta campus does not admit first-time, full-time freshmen.) For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary.

	Entire GRS Cohort	Macon Campus Traditional Undergraduate Program Only	Adult Regional Academic Center Program Only	Atlanta Campus Nursing Only *
CDS B4. Initial 1999 Cohort	732	624	79	29
CDS B5. Allowable Exclusions	2	2	0	0
CDS B6. Adjusted Cohort	730	622	79	29
CDS B7. Completed bachelor's or equivalent degree in 4 years or less (by August 31, 2003)	253	225	18	10
CDS B8. Completed bachelor's or equivalent degree in 5 years (after August 31, 2003 and before August 31, 2004)	106	90	11	5
CDS B9. Completed bachelor's or equivalent degree in 6 years (after August 31, 2004 and before August 31, 2005)	33	30	3	0
CDS B10. Total Graduating with bachelor's or equivalent degree in 6 Years	392	345	32	15
CDS B11. Six-Year Bachelor's or Equivalent Graduation Rate	53.70%	55.47%	40.51%	51.72%
Four Year Average 6-Year Graduation Rate for Cohorts 1996 through 1999	50.86%	52.21%	39.70%	56.73%

CDS B12-21. Not applicable to Mercer.

CDS B22.
Retention Rates

The Common Data Set calls for retention rates for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term).

	Entire Fall 2004 (GRS defined) Cohort	Macon Campus Traditional Undergraduate Program Only	Adult Regional Academic Center Program Only	Atlanta Campus Nursing Program Only
One Year Retention Rate (enrolled fall 2005)	79.84%	80.45%	64.86%	88.00%

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