Enrollment Trends at Mercyhurst

The student population at Mercyhurst University is 2,801 (2,446 undergraduate and 355 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 302 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mercyhurst is 87.33% which is decreased by 325 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 23 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

181 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 596.15% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,844 where 2,801 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.33% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.67% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 325 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 23 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Mercyhurst than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,103	2,771	1,194	1,577	332	128	204
2013-14	3,011 -92	2,680 -91	1,178 -16	1,502 -75	331 -1	146 18	185 -19
2014-15	2,871 -140	2,572 -108	1,132 -46	1,440 -62	299 -32	140 -6	159 -26
2015-16	2,828 -43	2,513 -59	1,089 -43	1,424 -16	315 16	143 3	172 13
2016-17	2,690 -138	2,366 -147	1,098 9	1,268 -156	324 9	132 -11	192 20
2017-18	2,759 69	2,452 86	1,038 -60	1,414 146	307 -17	107 -25	200 8
2018-19	2,685 -74	2,381 -71	990 -48	1,391 -23	304 -3	118 11	186 -14
2019-20	2,704 19	2,378 -3	965 -25	1,413 22	326 22	126 8	200 14
2020-21	2,790 86	2,370 -8	983 18	1,387 -26	420 94	170 44	250 50
2021-22	3,041 251	2,641 271	1,057 74	1,584 197	400 -20	143 -27	257 7
2022-23	2,801 -240	2,446 -195	982 -75	1,464 -120	355 -45	142 -1	213 -44
Average	2,844	2,506	1,064	1,442	338	136	202

Mercyhurst University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,506 where 2,446 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 Mercyhurst University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,771	2,608	1,144	1,464	163	50	113
2013-14	2,680	2,552	1,130	1,422	128	48	80
2014-15	2,572	2,469	1,095	1,374	103	37	66
2015-16	2,513	2,402	1,048	1,354	111	41	70
2016-17	2,366	2,310	1,068	1,242	56	30	26
2017-18	2,452	2,373	1,014	1,359	79	24	55
2018-19	2,381	2,319	971	1,348	62	19	43
2019-20	2,378	2,295	937	1,358	83	28	55
2020-21	2,370	2,296	961	1,335	74	22	52
2021-22	2,641	2,404	1,012	1,392	237	45	192
2022-23	2,446	2,249	934	1,315	197	48	149
Average	2,506	2,506	1,029	1,360	2,506	36	82

Mercyhurst University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 338 where 355 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 Mercyhurst University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	332	211	73	138	121	55	66
2013-14	331	154	62	92	177	84	93
2014-15	299	132	58	74	167	82	85
2015-16	315	169	69	100	146	74	72
2016-17	324	196	81	115	128	51	77
2017-18	307	190	66	124	117	41	76
2018-19	304	182	61	121	122	57	65
2019-20	326	193	70	123	133	56	77
2020-21	420	290	121	169	130	49	81
2021-22	400	274	93	181	126	50	76
2022-23	355	228	84	144	127	58	69
Average	338	338	76	126	338	60	76

Mercyhurst University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.37%. The percentage was 75.67% 10 years ago and Mercyhurst still has a high percentage of white students. 0.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.82% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercyhurst 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	11	37	131	67	0	2,348	0
2013-14	14	35	129	67	0	2,277	0
2014-15	23	35	138	68	1	2,064	0
2015-16	22	39	148	64	0	1,953	20
2016-17	16	39	142	127	4	1,675	0
2017-18	8	40	140	107	3	1,960	42
2018-19	7	34	115	105	1	2,089	59
2019-20	31	45	110	115	1	2,162	0
2020-21	21	37	119	114	1	2,250	29
2021-22	17	34	140	131	1	2,405	22
2022-23	10	27	135	127	1	2,083	14
Average	16	37	132	99	1	2,115	17

Mercyhurst University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

181 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 596.15% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mercyhurst University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,871	26	144	2,701
2015-16	2,828	81	35	2,712
2016-17	2,690	81	210	2,399
2017-18	2,759	43	262	2,454
2018-19	2,685	90	553	2,042
2019-20	2,704	20	375	2,309
2020-21	2,790	231	611	1,948
2021-22	3,041	248	709	2,084
2022-23	2,801	181	1	2,619
Average	2,797	111	322	2,363

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