Mercer University Student Population

How many students at Mercer? 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.

• Enrollment Trends

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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 Population
• By Locality

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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.