Enrollment Trends at Mercy College of Ohio

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,346 where 1,096 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,561 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,096 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,243 to 1,096 students, a net loss of 147 (11.8%).

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

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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,243	1,243	173	1,070	0	0	0
2016-17	1,351 108	1,351 108	188 15	1,163 93	0	0	0
2017-18	1,416 65	1,404 53	209 21	1,195 32	12 12	1 1	11 11
2018-19	1,511 95	1,463 59	208 -1	1,255 60	48 36	8 7	40 29
2019-20	1,560 49	1,500 37	201 -7	1,299 44	60 12	8	52 12
2020-21	1,561 1	1,502 2	192 -9	1,310 11	59 -1	4 -4	55 3
2021-22	1,311 -250	1,224 -278	136 -56	1,088 -222	87 28	11 7	76 21
2022-23	1,261 -50	1,120 -104	133 -3	987 -101	141 54	23 12	118 42
2023-24	1,150 -111	999 -121	116 -17	883 -104	151 10	32 9	119 1
2024-25	1,096 -54	984 -15	123 7	861 -22	112 -39	24 -8	88 -31
Average	1,346	1,279	168	1,111	67	11	56

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,279 where 984 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 College of Ohio since 2015.

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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,243	450	59	391	793	114	679
2016-17	1,351	497	73	424	854	115	739
2017-18	1,404	439	70	369	965	139	826
2018-19	1,463	434	70	364	1,029	138	891
2019-20	1,500	365	57	308	1,135	144	991
2020-21	1,502	358	48	310	1,144	144	1,000
2021-22	1,224	306	43	263	918	93	825
2022-23	1,120	365	48	317	755	85	670
2023-24	999	263	34	229	736	82	654
2024-25	984	247	46	201	737	77	660
Average	1,279	1,279	55	318	1,279	113	794

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 67 where 112 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 College of Ohio since 2015.

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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	12	0	0	0	12	1	11
2018-19	48	0	0	0	48	8	40
2019-20	60	0	0	0	60	8	52
2020-21	59	0	0	0	59	4	55
2021-22	87	24	5	19	63	6	57
2022-23	141	48	10	38	93	13	80
2023-24	151	54	16	38	97	16	81
2024-25	112	47	13	34	65	11	54
Average	67	67	4	13	67	7	43

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.07%. The percentage was 77.96% 10 years ago and Mercy College of Ohio still has a high percentage of white students. 2.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.96% to 68.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.45% to 2.10%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.69% to 16.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.99% to 9.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4993 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3804 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	18	108	62	0	969	50
2016-17	2	17	137	56	0	1,050	67
2017-18	4	22	162	56	0	1,105	56
2018-19	7	27	169	56	1	1,184	64
2019-20	5	31	171	89	2	1,194	63
2020-21	1	28	185	111	4	1,163	61
2021-22	3	26	174	95	1	954	53
2022-23	2	24	170	94	2	921	47
2023-24	4	24	178	98	0	803	43
2024-25	3	23	178	106	0	746	39
Average	3	24	163	82	1	1,009	54