Student Population at Mercy University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
8,6156,3792,236
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,615 students have enrolled in Mercy University with 6,379 undergraduate and 2,236 graduate students.
By gender, 2,425 male and 6,190 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).
2,284 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,389 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

Mercy University has a total of 8,615 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,379 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,236 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 2,425 male and 6,190 female students (the male-female ratio is 28:72) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total8,6156,3792,236
Men2,4251,969456
Women6,1904,4101,780

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,926 White, 2,020 Black, and 478 Asian students out of a total of 8,615 are attending at Mercy University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American19514
Asian478157321
Black2,0205401,480
Hispanic3,5379242,613
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders20713
White1,9265601,366
Two or more races20357146
Race Unknown19580115
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American15510
Asian311113198
Black1,5554601,095
Hispanic2,9188322,086
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1248
White1,124389735
Two or more races14838110
Race Unknown1657392
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American404
Asian16744123
Black46580385
Hispanic61992527
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders835
White802171631
Two or more races551936
Race Unknown30723

Student Age Distribution

By age, Mercy has 958 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 5,223 students under 25 years old, and 3,391 students over 25 years old out of 8,615 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 958 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. Mercy has 4,718 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,660 students aged 25 and over.
It has 505 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,731 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18958606352
18-191,5901,088502
20-211,294868426
22-241,3811,032349
25-291,3291,027302
30-34771583188
35-3943734592
40-49571434137
50-6426619769
Over 6517107
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18958606352
18-191,5901,088502
20-211,264846418
22-24906652254
25-29690525165
30-3436727691
35-3921215953
40-4926918485
50-641136944
Over 65954
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

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 Mercy University, 2,284 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,389 students are enrolled in some online courses.
2,104 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 180 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students8,6152,2843,389
Undergraduate6,3791,0432,913
Graduate2,2361,241476
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,10416812
Undergraduate969713
Graduate1,135979

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,379 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 566 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.87%.517 students have transferred in as full-time status and 49 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,298
Transfer-in Full-time517
Regular Part-time1,515
Transfer-in Part-time49
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