Enrollment Trends at Mercer

The student population at Mercer University is 8,889 (4,859 undergraduate and 4,030 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 560 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mercer is 54.66% which is increased by 436 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 124 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.05 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,814 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 372.40% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,680 where 8,889 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

54.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 45.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 436 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 124 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.05 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Mercer than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mercer University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,329	4,423	1,561	2,862	3,906	1,417	2,489
2013-14	8,351 22	4,419 -4	1,628 67	2,791 -71	3,932 26	1,410 -7	2,522 33
2014-15	8,552 201	4,570 151	1,795 167	2,775 -16	3,982 50	1,455 45	2,527 5
2015-16	8,600 48	4,667 97	1,836 41	2,831 56	3,933 -49	1,393 -62	2,540 13
2016-17	8,615 15	4,706 39	1,796 -40	2,910 79	3,909 -24	1,383 -10	2,526 -14
2017-18	8,653 38	4,747 41	1,789 -7	2,958 48	3,906 -3	1,344 -39	2,562 36
2018-19	8,740 87	4,797 50	1,813 24	2,984 26	3,943 37	1,360 16	2,583 21
2019-20	8,740 0	4,865 68	1,800 -13	3,065 81	3,875 -68	1,296 -64	2,579 -4
2020-21	9,006 266	4,911 46	1,770 -30	3,141 76	4,095 220	1,330 34	2,765 186
2021-22	9,009 3	4,941 30	1,710 -60	3,231 90	4,068 -27	1,277 -53	2,791 26
2022-23	8,889 -120	4,859 -82	1,680 -30	3,179 -52	4,030 -38	1,232 -45	2,798 7
Average	8,680	4,719	1,743	2,975	3,962	1,354	2,607

Mercer University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,719 where 4,859 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercer University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,423	3,677	1,389	2,288	746	172	574
2013-14	4,419	3,659	1,459	2,200	760	169	591
2014-15	4,570	3,833	1,599	2,234	737	196	541
2015-16	4,667	3,881	1,649	2,232	786	187	599
2016-17	4,706	4,035	1,635	2,400	671	161	510
2017-18	4,747	4,135	1,648	2,487	612	141	471
2018-19	4,797	4,259	1,688	2,571	538	125	413
2019-20	4,865	4,260	1,660	2,600	605	140	465
2020-21	4,911	4,219	1,615	2,604	692	155	537
2021-22	4,941	4,231	1,555	2,676	710	155	555
2022-23	4,859	4,129	1,526	2,603	730	154	576
Average	4,719	4,719	1,584	2,445	4,719	160	530

Mercer University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,962 where 4,030 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercer University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,906	2,664	1,057	1,607	1,242	360	882
2013-14	3,932	2,776	1,085	1,691	1,156	325	831
2014-15	3,982	2,839	1,129	1,710	1,143	326	817
2015-16	3,933	2,818	1,096	1,722	1,115	297	818
2016-17	3,909	2,774	1,069	1,705	1,135	314	821
2017-18	3,906	2,832	1,055	1,777	1,074	289	785
2018-19	3,943	2,843	1,060	1,783	1,100	300	800
2019-20	3,875	2,775	985	1,790	1,100	311	789
2020-21	4,095	2,907	1,019	1,888	1,188	311	877
2021-22	4,068	2,934	991	1,943	1,134	286	848
2022-23	4,030	2,842	924	1,918	1,188	308	880
Average	3,962	3,962	1,043	1,776	3,962	312	832

Mercer University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.12% and the percentage of black students is 31.95% at Mercer University. 8.38% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercer University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	35	468	2,641	236	7	4,022	92
2013-14	36	515	2,578	272	11	4,038	136
2014-15	45	566	2,550	330	12	4,120	144
2015-16	34	609	2,567	352	16	4,109	172
2016-17	22	657	2,562	383	14	4,132	187
2017-18	19	731	2,577	405	8	4,032	201
2018-19	17	770	2,528	477	4	4,034	220
2019-20	15	785	2,582	501	6	3,998	219
2020-21	14	797	2,823	531	10	4,030	236
2021-22	12	781	2,816	546	7	4,075	286
2022-23	13	745	2,840	585	9	3,922	288
Average	24	675	2,642	420	9	4,047	198

Mercer University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,814 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 372.40% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mercer University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,552	384	1,047	7,121
2015-16	8,600	487	1,021	7,092
2016-17	8,615	702	882	7,031
2017-18	8,653	656	1,225	6,772
2018-19	8,740	899	1,134	6,707
2019-20	8,740	1,110	1,123	6,507
2020-21	9,006	1,738	2,603	4,665
2021-22	9,009	1,767	1,320	5,922
2022-23	8,889	1,814	1,211	5,864
Average	8,756	1,062	1,285	6,409

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