Mercyhurst University Student Population and Demographics

Mercyhurst Student Population

There are 2,632 students including 2,274 undergraduate and 358 graduate students at Mercyhurst University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,368 full-time and 264 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,110 male and 1,522 female students.

Mercyhurst University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 191 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mercyhurst University has a total enrollment of 2,632 with a gender distribution of 42.17% male (1,110 students) and 57.83% female (1,522 students). There are 959 male and 1,315 female students in undergraduate school and 151 male and 207 female students are attending graduate school at Mercyhurst University.

Student Population By Gender
Mercyhurst University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,632	1,110	1,522
Undergraduate	2,274	959	1,315
Graduate	358	151	207
Full-time	2,368	1,022	1,346
Part-time	264	88	176

[Chart] Mercyhurst University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mercyhurst University has 2,368 full-time and 264 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,109 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 165 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 259 students are full-time and 99 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mercyhurst University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,632	2,368	264
Undergraduate	2,274	2,109	165
Graduate	358	259	99
Men	1,110	1,022	88
Women	1,522	1,346	176

[Chart] Mercyhurst University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mercyhurst University, 191 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 668 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,632 students.

In undergraduate schools, 632 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 227 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mercyhurst University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,632	2,274	358
Online Exclusively	191	0	191
In Some Online Classes	668	632	36
Not In Online Classes	1,773	1,642	131

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mercyhurst University. There are 9 American Indian/Native American, 1,881 White, 180 Black/African American, 40 Asian, 138 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 76 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mercyhurst University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,632	1,110	1,522
American Indian/Native American	9	4	5
Asian	40	18	22
Black/African American	180	93	87
Hispanic	138	52	86
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	4	3
White	1,881	781	1,100
Two More	5	4	1
Race Un-Known	213	72	141

[Chart] Mercyhurst UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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