Enrollment Trends at Mount Mercy

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,693 where 1,417 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,886 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,417 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,877 to 1,417 students, a net loss of 460 (24.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,877	1,543	447	1,096	334	98	236
2016-17	1,886 9	1,580 37	482 35	1,098 2	306 -28	97 -1	209 -27
2017-18	1,848 -38	1,517 -63	491 9	1,026 -72	331 25	109 12	222 13
2018-19	1,835 -13	1,501 -16	470 -21	1,031 5	334 3	120 11	214 -8
2019-20	1,807 -28	1,442 -59	462 -8	980 -51	365 31	119 -1	246 32
2020-21	1,705 -102	1,381 -61	441 -21	940 -40	324 -41	95 -24	229 -17
2021-22	1,580 -125	1,290 -91	444 3	846 -94	290 -34	99 4	191 -38
2022-23	1,526 -54	1,271 -19	472 28	799 -47	255 -35	70 -29	185 -6
2023-24	1,451 -75	1,185 -86	447 -25	738 -61	266 11	83 13	183 -2
2024-25	1,417 -34	1,139 -46	466 19	673 -65	278 12	87 4	191 8
Average	1,693	1,385	462	923	308	98	211

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,385 where 1,139 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 Mount Mercy University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,543	957	290	667	586	157	429
2016-17	1,580	1,046	346	700	534	136	398
2017-18	1,517	1,083	372	711	434	119	315
2018-19	1,501	1,074	357	717	427	113	314
2019-20	1,442	1,070	356	714	372	106	266
2020-21	1,381	1,044	340	704	337	101	236
2021-22	1,290	1,013	356	657	277	88	189
2022-23	1,271	998	392	606	273	80	193
2023-24	1,185	980	378	602	205	69	136
2024-25	1,139	1,073	446	627	66	20	46
Average	1,385	1,385	363	671	1,385	99	252

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 308 where 278 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 Mount Mercy University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	334	147	35	112	187	63	124
2016-17	306	116	29	87	190	68	122
2017-18	331	125	28	97	206	81	125
2018-19	334	142	36	106	192	84	108
2019-20	365	108	23	85	257	96	161
2020-21	324	113	30	83	211	65	146
2021-22	290	116	27	89	174	72	102
2022-23	255	105	26	79	150	44	106
2023-24	266	118	23	95	148	60	88
2024-25	278	112	30	82	166	57	109
Average	308	308	29	92	308	69	119

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.49%. The percentage was 80.50% 10 years ago and Mount Mercy still has a high percentage of white students. 1.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.50% to 53.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.70% to 1.98%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.77% to 5.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.44% to 7.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6871 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3464 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	20	32	127	27	1	1,511	35
2016-17	21	37	126	25	3	1,500	36
2017-18	24	40	124	19	7	1,464	35
2018-19	23	44	146	14	6	1,423	38
2019-20	14	31	155	11	8	1,377	35
2020-21	13	32	134	22	5	1,321	43
2021-22	5	33	119	21	1	1,203	73
2022-23	3	32	102	32	0	1,117	95
2023-24	1	28	46	35	0	944	220
2024-25	4	28	76	107	1	758	189
Average	13	34	116	31	3	1,262	80