Quick Facts

Founded by early 19th century Baptists, Mercer — while no longer formally affiliated with the Baptist denomination — remains committed to an educational environment that embraces intellectual and religious freedom while affirming values that arise from a Judeo-Christian understanding of the world. Mercer’s 12 colleges and schools serve undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in on three major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah, and at two Regional Academic Centers in suburban Atlanta. 

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 2020-21:  8,701

Fall Census Counts

Headcount Enrollment (Unduplicated)

Fall Semester	Total Unduplicated Headcount Fall Enrollment 1	Fall Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment 2
2021	9,033	7,877
2020	9,026	7,852
2019	8,759	7,693
2018	8,756	7,734
2017	8,667	7,618
2016	8,623	7,506
2015	8,603	7,434
2014	8,557	7,398
2013	8,361	7,175
2012	8,341	7,109
2011	8,336	7,123
2010	8,236	6,985
2009	8,072	6,913
2008	7,622	6,516
2007	7,308	6,245
2006	7,049	6,037
2005	7,154	6,181
2004	7,180	6,209
2003	7,200	6,185

 

^{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 FTE is calculated based on fall student headcounts as reported on the IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey using IPEDS methodology.  IPEDS FTE formula: Headcount of full-time undergraduate, graduate and professional students + (.392857*part-time undergraduate enrollment) + (.382059 * part-time graduate and professional enrollment.  Full-time defined as 12 or more credits for an undergraduate students and 9 or more credits for graduate students.}

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
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
2014	4,571	4,044
2013	4,425	4,007

 

Employees

 

Fall Semester	Total Employees3	Full-Time Faculty3	Student-Faculty Ratio4
2021	2,000	507	13.3:1
2020	1,959	499	13.8:1
2019	1,936	515	12.8:1
2018	1,861	502	13.3:1
2017	1,861	497	13.0:1
2016	1,851	504	12.7:1
2015	1,859	524	13.0:1
2014	1,860	534	12.8:1
2013	1,852	550	12.2:1
2012	1,789	523	12.7:1
2011	1,706	510	12.9:1
2010	1,658	508	12.8:1
2009	1,634	487	13.5:1
2008	1,554	471	13:01
2007	1,475	454	13:01
2006	1,499	445	12:01
2005	1,556	440	13:01
2004	1,533	434	14:01
2003	1,546	424	14:01

 

^{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.}