Student Population at Mercer University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
8,889	4,859	4,030

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,889 students have enrolled in Mercer University with 4,859 undergraduate and 4,030 graduate students.

By gender, 2,912 male and 5,977 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

1,814 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,211 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Mercer University has a total of 8,889 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,859 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,030 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,912 male and 5,977 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,889	4,859	4,030
Men	2,912	1,680	1,232
Women	5,977	3,179	2,798

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,922 White, 2,840 Black, and 745 Asian students out of a total of 8,889 are attending at Mercer University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	3	10
Asian	745	251	494
Black	2,840	612	2,228
Hispanic	585	208	377
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	2	7
White	3,922	1,552	2,370
Two or more races	288	91	197
Race Unknown	219	77	142

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	0	6
Asian	389	135	254
Black	1,536	346	1,190
Hispanic	371	137	234
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	1	5
White	2,125	903	1,222
Two or more races	201	71	130
Race Unknown	122	43	79

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	356	116	240
Black	1,304	266	1,038
Hispanic	214	71	143
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	1,797	649	1,148
Two or more races	87	20	67
Race Unknown	97	34	63

Student Age Distribution

By age, Mercer has 33 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 4,934 students under 25 years old, and 3,955 students over 25 years old out of 8,889 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 33 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Mercer has 3,683 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,176 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,251 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,779 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	33	16	17
18-19	1,545	954	591
20-21	1,572	907	665
22-24	1,784	1,194	590
25-29	1,765	1,227	538
30-34	728	525	203
35-39	483	369	114
40-49	655	531	124
50-64	307	242	65
Over 65	17	12	5

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	33	16	17
18-19	1,543	952	591
20-21	1,507	854	653
22-24	600	378	222
25-29	366	295	71
30-34	228	185	43
35-39	180	153	27
40-49	262	232	30
50-64	138	112	26
Over 65	2	2	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Mercer University, 1,814 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,211 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,622 students lived in Georgia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 192 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	8,889	1,814	1,211
Undergraduate	4,859	982	492
Graduate	4,030	832	719

Online Student Population by Locality
	Georgia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,622	184	8
Undergraduate	897	82	3
Graduate	725	102	5

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,859 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 485 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.98%.345 students have transferred in as full-time status and 140 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,784
Transfer-in Full-time	345
Regular Part-time	590
Transfer-in Part-time	140

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