Enrollment Trends at Mercy

The student population at Mercy University is 8,991 (6,774 undergraduate and 2,217 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,304 (20.40%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mercy is 75.34% which is decreased by 1,242 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,062 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 43 male students for every 100 female students, up from 37 in 2015.
1,965 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,519 where 8,991 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 11,295 students in 2016 and was lowest at 8,615 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,295 to 8,991 students, a net loss of 2,304 (20.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mercy University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,295	8,016	2,455	5,561	3,279	608	2,671
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
2023-24	8,774 159	6,482 103	2,156 187	4,326 -84	2,292 56	455 -1	1,837 57
2024-25	8,991 217	6,774 292	2,246 90	4,528 202	2,217 -75	463 8	1,754 -83
Average	9,519	6,986	2,218	4,768	2,533	523	2,009

Mercy University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,986 where 6,774 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercy University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	6,482	4,923	1,551	3,372	1,559	605	954
2024-25	6,774	5,162	1,593	3,569	1,612	653	959
Average	6,986	6,986	1,640	3,611	6,986	579	1,157

Mercy University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,533 where 2,217 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercy University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,292	973	243	730	1,319	212	1,107
2024-25	2,217	975	249	726	1,242	214	1,028
Average	2,533	2,533	293	881	2,533	230	1,128

Mercy University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.59% and the percentage of black students is 24.34% at Mercy University. 5.12% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 43.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 35.59% to 20.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.82% to 5.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 21.42% to 24.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 29.20% to 43.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7084 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7405 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercy University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	16	485	2,021	3,786	13	1,862	204
2024-25	19	460	2,188	3,888	9	1,851	183
Average	24	460	2,189	3,532	24	2,510	171

Mercy University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,965 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mercy University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	8,774	2,121	3,104	3,549
2024-25	8,991	1,965	6,149	877
Average	9,519	1,848	3,436	4,235

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Enrollment Trends at Mercy

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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