Quick Facts
Mercer University is one of America’s oldest and most distinctive institutions of higher learning, offering rigorous programs that span the undergraduate liberal arts to doctoral-level degrees. Mercer’s 12 colleges and schools serve undergraduate, graduate,and profession students on four campuses including Macon, Atlanta, Savannah, and Columbus, as well as two regional academic centers.
Academic Calendar: Semester
Level: 4-year or above
Control: Private not-for-profit
Degrees offered: Bachelor's, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master's, Post-master's Certificate, Doctor's degree - reseach/scholarship, Doctor's degree - professional practice, Doctor's degree - other
Regional Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Carnegie Basic Classification: Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 12-month FTE for 2023-24: 8,611
Fall Census Counts
Headcount Enrollment (Unduplicated)
| Fall Semester | Total Unduplicated Headcount Fall Enrollment 1 | Fall Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment 2 |
| 2024 | 9,232 | 7,948 |
| 2023 | 9,164 | 7,795 |
| 2022 | 8,926 | 7,618 |
| 2021 | 9,033 | 7,708 |
| 2020 | 9,026 | 7,688 |
| 2019 | 8,759 | 7,566 |
| 2018 | 8,756 | 7,606 |
| 2017 | 8,667 | 7,506 |
| 2016 | 8,623 | 7,506 |
| 2015 | 8,603 | 7,434 |
1 Unduplicated headcount of students enrolled in credit bearing instructional activity. May not match IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey because it includes exclusive auditors and some other student categories excluded by IPEDS.
2 The FTE shown is based on the institution's overall headcount, does not account for exclusions, and may not accurately reflect the institution's official IPEDS FTE. The FTE shown represents the Internal Fall Enrollment Headcount using the IPEDS FTE formula, whereby the FTE conversion factors of 0.392857 and 0.382059 are applied to part-time undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.
Headcount Enrollment by Student Level*
Headcount enrollment by student level are duplicated counts. A student may have a valid matriculation at more than one level..
| Fall Semester | Undergraduate | Graduate/Professional |
| 2024 | 4,724 | 4,591 |
| 2023 | 4,849 | 4,390 |
| 2022 | 4,918 | 4,081 |
| 2021 | 5,010 | 4,135 |
| 2020 | 4,961 | 4,186 |
| 2019 | 4,917 | 3,947 |
| 2018 | 4,819 | 4,018 |
| 2017 | 4,778 | 3,976 |
| 2016 | 4,750 | 3,961 |
| 2015 | 4,694 | 3,979 |
Employees
| Fall Semester | Total Employees3 | Full-Time Faculty3 | Student-Faculty Ratio4 |
| 2024 | 1,929 | 493 | 11:1 |
| 2023 | 1,935 | 476 | 13:1 |
| 2022 | 1,935 | 464 | 13:1 |
| 2021 | 2,000 | 461 | 13:1 |
| 2020 | 1,959 | 437 | 14:1 |
| 2019 | 1,936 | 453 | 13:1 |
| 2018 | 1,861 | 399 | 13:1 |
| 2017 | 1,861 | 423 | 13:1 |
| 2016 | 1,851 | 431 | 13:1 |
| 2015 | 1,859 | 441 | 13:1 |
3 Total Employees and Full-Time faculty figures are based on IPEDS Human Resources survey definitions. Total employees include adjunct instructors. Full-time faculty counts are faculty employees whose primary function is instruction, research and/or public service.
4 Student-Faculty Ratio is based on Common Data Set methodology of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part-time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full-time plus 1/3 part-time). Excluded are both faculty and students in Mercer's stand-alone graduate and professional programs of Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, Health Professions, and Theology. Graduate faculty and students in schools of Business, Engineering, Music, Professional Advancement, Nursing, and Education are included; these graduate programs are not stand-alone.
