Student Right-to-Know Act  
Graduation/Completion Rate Report

April 7, 2011

In accordance with the Higher Education Act, Mercer University is pleased to provide the following information on the graduation/completion rates of our 2002-03 cohort of full-time, first-time, degree seeking undergraduates, and student athletes receiving athletic financial aid.

While reviewing the information, please keep the following in mind:

• Graduation/completion rates are calculated by tracking a cohort of new, first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students for six years (150% of normal time to completion of a 4-year degree).  If a student completes a program at Mercer by August 31 of the sixth year, the student is counted in the completion rate.
• Mercer University offers several distinct 4-year undergraduate degree programs open to first-time students.
• Mercer's "traditional" program is offered in Macon, Georgia; it is a daytime program geared toward traditional age students, the majority of whom are attending college for the first time. 
• A continuing education program geared toward older students is offered evenings and weekends at regional academic centers around the state of Georgia.
• Our campus in Atlanta offers a BSN in nursing.
• Graduation/completion rates do not include transfer or part-time students (the majority of students in the continuing education and nursing program enter as transfer students), and do not reflect outcomes after the 6-year period.
• Mercer has elected not to report transfer-out rates because our university's mission does not include providing substantial preparation for students to enroll in other institutions.
• Graduation/completion rates do not include students who left school to serve in the armed forces or on official church missions or with foreign aid service of the federal government, or students who died or were totally and permanently disabled.

Questions related to this report should be directed to Sarah May, Director of Institutional Research at 478-301-2413 or may_se@mercer.edu.

Student-Right-To-Know Completion Rate  (Total Completers within 150% / Adjusted Cohort) *
	2004 Cohort		4-Class Average Rate 2001 through 2004 Cohorts Combined
	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate
Total Cohort	632	60%	2,749	58%
Completion Rates for Cohort Sub-Categories
By Mercer Program
Traditional Macon Campus Undergraduate Program	570	61%	2,434	59%
College of Nursing	25	64%	123	64%
Continuing Education at Regional Academic Centers	37	35%	192	37%
Student Athletes
Student Athletes Receiving Athletically Related Financial Aid Latest NCAA Official Graduation Report	47	70%	154	68%
By Gender
Female	373	62%	1,613	62%
Male	259	56%	1,136	53%
By Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	447	63%	1,992	60%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	**	N/A	8	75%
Asian or Pacific Islander	31	55%	138	56%
Black, non-Hispanic	121	52%	459	50%
Hispanic	11	45%	55	53%
Nonresident Alien	10	40%	60	52%
Other/unknown	11	82%	37	57%
By Financial Aid Category ***
PELL Grant Recipients	185	56%	Not Available	Not Available
Subsidized Federal Loan Recipients who did not receive Pell Grant	163	68%	Not Available	Not Available
Recipients of neither a Pell nor subsidized Federal Loan	278	59%	Not Available	Not Available

* Student-Right-to-Know rates are based students completing bachelor's or equivalent degrees. 
** Number of individuals in cell less than 6; data cell supressed to protect confidentiality of individuals.
*** Data by financial aid category is a good faith effort to comply with Higher Education Act provision that became effective August of 2008. Methodology for this analysis is subject to rule making by National Center for Educational Statistics at a later date.