Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 605 students out of 823 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Mercer University. By gender, 246 male and 359 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (74.81% in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total82360573.51%
Men36124668.14%
Women46235977.71%
Mercer University graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 100.00%, rate of Asian students is 78.57%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 71.61%, rate of Hispanic students is 69.57%, rate of White students is 73.63%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 100.00%, rate of Two or More Race students is 58.06%, and rate of Unknown students is 93.33% at Mercer University.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native100.00%(1/1) - 100.00%(1/1)
Asian78.57%(66/84) 71.43%(20/28) 82.14%(46/56)
Black (Non-Hispanic)71.61%(111/155) 65.63%(42/64) 75.82%(69/91)
Hispanic69.57%(32/46) 59.09%(13/22) 79.17%(19/24)
White73.63%(335/455) 69.34%(147/212) 77.37%(188/243)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander100.00%(1/1) - 100.00%(1/1)
Two or More Race58.06%(18/31) 57.14%(8/14) 58.82%(10/17)
Unknown93.33%(28/30) 83.33%(10/12) 100.00%(18/18)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Mercer University graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 549 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 47 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 558 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At Mercer, the transfer-out rate is 19.81%. Its transfer-out rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (17.57% in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Mercer University, the retention rate is 86% for full-time students and 50 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (85.70% in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
Retention Rates at Mercer University

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Mercer University, 13 of 20 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 65.00%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
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