Mercer University Student Population and Demographics

Mercer Student Population

There are 9,196 students including 4,690 undergraduate and 4,506 graduate students at Mercer University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 7,355 full-time and 1,841 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,098 male and 6,098 female students.

Mercer University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,029 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mercer University has a total enrollment of 9,196 with a gender distribution of 33.69% male (3,098 students) and 66.31% female (6,098 students). There are 1,626 male and 3,064 female students in undergraduate school and 1,472 male and 3,034 female students are attending graduate school at Mercer University.

Student Population By Gender
Mercer University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,196	3,098	6,098
Undergraduate	4,690	1,626	3,064
Graduate	4,506	1,472	3,034
Full-time	7,355	2,580	4,775
Part-time	1,841	518	1,323

[Chart] Mercer University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mercer University has 7,355 full-time and 1,841 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,077 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 613 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,278 students are full-time and 1,228 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mercer University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,196	7,355	1,841
Undergraduate	4,690	4,077	613
Graduate	4,506	3,278	1,228
Men	3,098	2,580	518
Women	6,098	4,775	1,323

[Chart] Mercer University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mercer University, 2,029 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,218 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,196 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,423 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,824 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mercer University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,196	4,690	4,506
Online Exclusively	2,029	993	1,036
In Some Online Classes	1,218	430	788
Not In Online Classes	5,949	3,267	2,682

[Chart] Mercer University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mercer University. There are 13 American Indian/Native American, 3,668 White, 3,091 Black/African American, 740 Asian, 735 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 187 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mercer University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,196	3,098	6,098
American Indian/Native American	13	2	11
Asian	740	270	470
Black/African American	3,091	731	2,360
Hispanic	735	257	478
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0	5
White	3,668	1,478	2,190
Two More	291	106	185
Race Un-Known	269	81	188

[Chart] Mercer UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Mercer University.

Age Distribution
Mercer University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,196	4,690	4,506
Under 18	27	27	0
Age 18-19	1,494	1,494	0
Age 20-21	1,593	1,541	52
Age 22-24	1,837	505	1,332
Age 25-29	1,828	335	1,493
Age 30-34	771	245	526
Age 35-39	547	197	350
Age 40-49	715	224	491
Age 50-64	356	114	242
Over 64	27	7	20
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Mercer University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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