About Mercer
Our mission isn’t just what we live by – it’s who we are. We’ve been teaching, creating and serving for more than 190 years.
Facts and Figures
By the Numbers
Mercer University remains one of America’s oldest and most distinctive institutions of higher learning.
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9,232
Total student enrollment
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2,109
Faculty and staff members
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38
Countries that students are from

Our Traditions
From school colors to annual events, Mercer is packed with proud traditions that have made the University what it is today.
The Den
What’s happening on campus

Mercer News
Viral a capella group Voctave comes to Macon with Disney and Broadway hits

Mercer News
McEachern Art Center presents Afro-Caribbean figurative artist Kandy Lopez in “Vaivén”

Discovery and Innovation
Mercer music students, faculty and alumni to perform at Carnegie Hall

People
Mercer alumna continues Delta, family legacy through her work

Mercer News
Scholar, author Jaime Clark-Soles to deliver Mercer’s annual Harry Vaughan Smith Lecture

Mercer News
Mercer named a top 25 beautiful college campus by U.S. News & World Report

People
Mercer alumnae impact students as school counselors

Discovery and Innovation
Mercer pharmacy researcher wins $2.98 million NIH grant to study new blood pressure benefits of statins

Life at Mercer
Mayor Lester Miller to deliver 2025 Founders’ Day address

People
Alumnus, state Supreme Court justice chose law career so he could be a public servant

Mercer News
Center for Southern Studies to award 2025 Thomas Robinson Prize to award-winning author Jill McCorkle

Mercer News
Mercer Music at Capricorn to offer Songwriting Seminar

Our History
Our story begins in 1833 with a group of trailblazing Georgia Baptists, including our namesake Jesse Mercer.

You'll find us all across Georgia
With locations in Macon, Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus and more