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

March 12, 2009

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.

· Our "traditional" program is offered on our campus 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) *
	2002 Cohort		4-Class Average Rate 1999 through 2002 Cohorts Combined
	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate
Total Cohort	687	57%	2,917	54%
Completion Rates for Cohort Sub-Categories
By Mercer Program
Traditional Macon Campus Undergraduate Program	611	58%	2,501	55%
College of Nursing	30	60%	130	60%
Continuing Education at Regional Academic Centers	46	44%	286	42%
Student Athletes
Student Athletes Receiving Athletically Related Financial Aid Latest NCAA Official Graduation Report	34	62%	148	64%
By Gender
Female	387	61%	1,746	56%
Male	300	51%	1,171	50%
By Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	500	59%	1,968	56%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	**	**	21	48%
Asian or Pacific Islander	43	58%	148	53%
Black, non-Hispanic	96	50%	572	49%
Hispanic	17	41%	46	50%
Nonresident Alien	21	57%	97	47%
Other/unknown	8	25%	65	40%
By Financial Aid Category ***
PELL Grant Recipients	201	59%	Not Available	Not Available
Subsidized Federal Loan Recipients who did not receive Pell Grant	177	62%	Not Available	Not Available
Recipients of neither a Pell nor subsidized Federal Loan	309	52%	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.

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

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