Enrollment Trends at Mercy College of Health Sciences

The student population at Mercy College of Health Sciences is 911 (909 undergraduate and 2 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 80 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mercy College of Health Sciences is 99.78% which is increased by 78 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 6.01 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

217 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 11.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 818 where 911 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

99.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 78 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 6.01 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Mercy College of Health Sciences than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mercy College of Health Sciences since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	831	831	123	708	0	0	0
2014-15	774 -57	774 -57	93 -30	681 -27	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	789 15	789 15	98 5	691 10	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	771 -18	771 -18	98 0	673 -18	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	758 -13	758 -13	91 -7	667 -6	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	727 -31	727 -31	94 3	633 -34	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	795 68	795 68	120 26	675 42	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	869 74	869 74	122 2	747 72	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	951 82	951 82	151 29	800 53	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	911 -40	909 -42	130 -21	779 -21	2 2	0 0	2 2
Average	818	817	112	705	0	0	0

Mercy College of Health Sciences Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 817 where 909 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercy College of Health Sciences since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	831	357	56	301	474	67	407
2014-15	774	373	48	325	401	45	356
2015-16	789	440	64	376	349	34	315
2016-17	771	474	68	406	297	30	267
2017-18	758	476	64	412	282	27	255
2018-19	727	415	69	346	312	25	287
2019-20	795	454	85	369	341	35	306
2020-21	869	516	89	427	353	33	320
2021-22	951	535	109	426	416	42	374
2022-23	909	457	84	373	452	46	406
Average	817	817	74	376	817	38	329

Mercy College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 0 where 2 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mercy College of Health Sciences since 2013.

Year	Total
2013-14	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0
2022-23	2	2	2
Average	0	0	0

Mercy College of Health Sciences Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.52%. The percentage was 88.57% 10 years ago and Mercy College of Health Sciences still has a high percentage of white students. 6.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.86% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercy College of Health Sciences over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	5	24	31	20	1	736	1
2014-15	2	21	36	19	0	685	3
2015-16	1	24	48	25	0	669	12
2016-17	3	21	55	29	1	636	12
2017-18	3	19	59	27	2	614	17
2018-19	4	22	51	38	2	571	19
2019-20	1	38	64	53	1	591	20
2020-21	6	48	71	65	3	609	9
2021-22	4	59	102	74	4	664	9
2022-23	8	56	108	100	4	606	10
Average	4	33	63	45	2	638	11

Mercy College of Health Sciences Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

217 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 11.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mercy College of Health Sciences from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	774	194	310	270
2015-16	789	146	371	272
2016-17	771	102	401	268
2017-18	758	72	465	221
2018-19	727	62	344	321
2019-20	795	58	491	246
2020-21	869	210	494	165
2021-22	951	182	591	178
2022-23	911	217	506	188
Average	816	138	441	237

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