Enrollment Trends at Mercy

The student population at Mercy College is 8,615 (6,379 undergraduate and 2,236 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,839 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mercy is 74.05% which is decreased by 1,650 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,189 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.55 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,284 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -13.39% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,163 where 8,615 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.05% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.95% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,650 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,189 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.55 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Mercy than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,454	8,029	2,575	5,454	3,425	610	2,815
2013-14	11,648 194	8,154 125	2,497 -78	5,657 203	3,494 69	685 75	2,809 -6
2014-15	11,272 -376	7,939 -215	2,451 -46	5,488 -169	3,333 -161	622 -63	2,711 -98
2015-16	11,295 23	8,016 77	2,455 4	5,561 73	3,279 -54	608 -14	2,671 -40
2016-17	10,099 -1,196	7,157 -859	2,333 -122	4,824 -737	2,942 -337	601 -7	2,341 -330
2017-18	9,506 -593	6,864 -293	2,353 20	4,511 -313	2,642 -300	565 -36	2,077 -264
2018-19	9,031 -475	6,611 -253	2,250 -103	4,361 -150	2,420 -222	525 -40	1,895 -182
2019-20	10,557 1,526	7,993 1,382	2,428 178	5,565 1,204	2,564 144	551 26	2,013 118
2020-21	9,547 -1,010	7,080 -913	2,031 -397	5,049 -516	2,467 -97	529 -22	1,938 -75
2021-22	8,772 -775	6,505 -575	1,963 -68	4,542 -507	2,267 -200	481 -48	1,786 -152
2022-23	8,615 -157	6,379 -126	1,969 6	4,410 -132	2,236 -31	456 -25	1,780 -6
Average	10,163	7,339	2,300	5,038	2,824	567	2,258

Mercy College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,339 where 6,379 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 Mercy College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,029	5,505	1,744	3,761	2,524	831	1,693
2013-14	8,154	5,547	1,729	3,818	2,607	768	1,839
2014-15	7,939	5,289	1,699	3,590	2,650	752	1,898
2015-16	8,016	5,392	1,704	3,688	2,624	751	1,873
2016-17	7,157	5,182	1,710	3,472	1,975	623	1,352
2017-18	6,864	5,055	1,734	3,321	1,809	619	1,190
2018-19	6,611	5,001	1,738	3,263	1,610	512	1,098
2019-20	7,993	6,223	1,872	4,351	1,770	556	1,214
2020-21	7,080	5,699	1,651	4,048	1,381	380	1,001
2021-22	6,505	5,057	1,458	3,599	1,448	505	943
2022-23	6,379	4,815	1,386	3,429	1,564	583	981
Average	7,339	7,339	1,675	3,667	7,339	625	1,371

Mercy College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,824 where 2,236 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 Mercy College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,425	1,349	262	1,087	2,076	348	1,728
2013-14	3,494	1,470	310	1,160	2,024	375	1,649
2014-15	3,333	1,457	304	1,153	1,876	318	1,558
2015-16	3,279	1,431	297	1,134	1,848	311	1,537
2016-17	2,942	1,338	318	1,020	1,604	283	1,321
2017-18	2,642	1,258	325	933	1,384	240	1,144
2018-19	2,420	1,166	323	843	1,254	202	1,052
2019-20	2,564	1,135	291	844	1,429	260	1,169
2020-21	2,467	1,214	318	896	1,253	211	1,042
2021-22	2,267	1,159	298	861	1,108	183	925
2022-23	2,236	1,096	270	826	1,140	186	954
Average	2,824	2,824	301	978	2,824	265	1,280

Mercy College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.36% and the percentage of black students is 23.45% at Mercy College. 5.55% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercy College 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	30	381	2,792	3,085	20	3,701	167
2013-14	29	416	2,758	3,389	33	4,131	193
2014-15	26	423	2,663	3,208	28	4,107	194
2015-16	25	432	2,419	3,298	26	4,020	166
2016-17	39	453	2,271	3,263	27	3,237	145
2017-18	28	444	2,034	3,339	25	2,828	138
2018-19	31	423	1,891	3,243	25	2,576	137
2019-20	27	473	2,611	3,856	26	2,496	179
2020-21	19	482	2,328	3,648	28	2,272	185
2021-22	13	465	2,105	3,460	39	2,030	172
2022-23	19	478	2,020	3,537	20	1,926	203
Average	26	443	2,354	3,393	27	3,029	171

Mercy College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,284 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -13.39% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mercy College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,272	2,637	2,162	6,473
2015-16	11,295	1,334	2,553	7,408
2016-17	10,099	1,562	2,516	6,021
2017-18	9,506	1,184	2,531	5,791
2018-19	9,031	1,147	2,533	5,351
2019-20	10,557	1,159	2,655	6,743
2020-21	9,547	3,118	5,162	1,267
2021-22	8,772	2,603	3,765	2,404
2022-23	8,615	2,284	3,389	2,942
Average	9,855	1,892	3,030	4,933

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