Student Population at Mercyhurst University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
2,801	2,446	355

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,801 students have enrolled in Mercyhurst University with 2,446 undergraduate and 355 graduate students.

By gender, 1,124 male and 1,677 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

181 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1 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

Mercyhurst University has a total of 2,801 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,446 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 355 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,124 male and 1,677 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,801	2,446	355
Men	1,124	982	142
Women	1,677	1,464	213

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,083 White, 135 Black, and 27 Asian students out of a total of 2,801 are attending at Mercyhurst 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	10	3	7
Asian	27	10	17
Black	135	62	73
Hispanic	127	54	73
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,083	812	1,271
Two or more races	14	8	6
Race Unknown	268	99	169

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	2	5
Asian	22	8	14
Black	124	56	68
Hispanic	114	46	68
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	1,837	722	1,115
Two or more races	14	8	6
Race Unknown	222	79	143

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	5	2	3
Black	11	6	5
Hispanic	13	8	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	246	90	156
Two or more races	-	-	-
Race Unknown	46	20	26

Student Age Distribution

There are 2,415 students under 25 years old, and 376 students over 25 years old out of 2,801 total students.

Mercyhurst has 2,215 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 221 students aged 25 and over.

It has 200 graduate students aged under 25 and 155 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	71	53	18
18-19	896	557	339
20-21	981	575	406
22-24	467	243	224
25-29	136	79	57
30-34	86	61	25
35-39	68	45	23
40-49	57	38	19
50-64	29	16	13

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	71	53	18
18-19	896	557	339
20-21	973	570	403
22-24	275	119	156
25-29	80	48	32
30-34	51	40	11
35-39	47	34	13
40-49	29	23	6
50-64	14	10	4

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 Mercyhurst University, 181 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1 students are enrolled in some online courses.

79 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 102 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	2,801	181	1
Undergraduate	2,446	0	1
Graduate	355	181	0

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	79	88	14
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	79	88	14

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,446 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 87 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.56%.82 students have transferred in as full-time status and 5 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,167
Transfer-in Full-time	82
Regular Part-time	192
Transfer-in Part-time	5

Student Population at Mercyhurst University

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