Mercy University Student Population and Demographics

Mercy Student Population

There are 8,991 students including 6,774 undergraduate and 2,217 graduate students at Mercy University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 6,137 full-time and 2,854 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,709 male and 6,282 female students.

Mercy University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,965 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mercy University has a total enrollment of 8,991 with a gender distribution of 30.13% male (2,709 students) and 69.87% female (6,282 students). There are 2,246 male and 4,528 female students in undergraduate school and 463 male and 1,754 female students are attending graduate school at Mercy University.

Student Population By Gender
Mercy University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,991	2,709	6,282
Undergraduate	6,774	2,246	4,528
Graduate	2,217	463	1,754
Full-time	6,137	1,842	4,295
Part-time	2,854	867	1,987

[Chart] Mercy University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mercy University has 6,137 full-time and 2,854 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,162 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,612 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 975 students are full-time and 1,242 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mercy University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,991	6,137	2,854
Undergraduate	6,774	5,162	1,612
Graduate	2,217	975	1,242
Men	2,709	1,842	867
Women	6,282	4,295	1,987

[Chart] Mercy University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mercy University, 1,965 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,149 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,991 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,897 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,217 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mercy University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,991	6,774	2,217
Online Exclusively	1,965	716	1,249
In Some Online Classes	6,149	5,181	968
Not In Online Classes	877	877	0

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mercy University. There are 19 American Indian/Native American, 1,851 White, 2,188 Black/African American, 460 Asian, 3,888 Hispanic, 9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 100 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mercy University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,991	2,709	6,282
American Indian/Native American	19	5	14
Asian	460	163	297
Black/African American	2,188	634	1,554
Hispanic	3,888	1,097	2,791
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	4	5
White	1,851	581	1,270
Two More	183	55	128
Race Un-Known	129	45	84

[Chart] Mercy UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Mercy University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,991	6,774	2,217
Under 18	1,124	1,124	0
Age 18-19	1,783	1,782	1
Age 20-21	1,369	1,333	36
Age 22-24	1,421	893	528
Age 25-29	1,192	603	589
Age 30-34	717	358	359
Age 35-39	437	219	218
Age 40-49	603	291	312
Age 50-64	301	137	164
Over 64	15	5	10
Age Un-Known	29	29	0

[Chart] Mercy University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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