Mount Mercy University Student Population and Demographics

Mount Mercy Student Population

There are 1,417 students including 1,139 undergraduate and 278 graduate students at Mount Mercy University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,185 full-time and 232 part-time students with gender distribution of 553 male and 864 female students.

Mount Mercy University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 225 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mount Mercy University has a total enrollment of 1,417 with a gender distribution of 39.03% male (553 students) and 60.97% female (864 students). There are 466 male and 673 female students in undergraduate school and 87 male and 191 female students are attending graduate school at Mount Mercy University.

Student Population By Gender
Mount Mercy University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,417	553	864
Undergraduate	1,139	466	673
Graduate	278	87	191
Full-time	1,185	476	709
Part-time	232	77	155

[Chart] Mount Mercy University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mount Mercy University has 1,185 full-time and 232 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,073 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 66 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 112 students are full-time and 166 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mount Mercy University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,417	1,185	232
Undergraduate	1,139	1,073	66
Graduate	278	112	166
Men	553	476	77
Women	864	709	155

[Chart] Mount Mercy University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mount Mercy University, 225 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 720 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 1,417 students.

In undergraduate schools, 681 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 264 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mount Mercy University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,417	1,139	278
Online Exclusively	225	111	114
In Some Online Classes	720	570	150
Not In Online Classes	472	458	14

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mount Mercy University. There are 4 American Indian/Native American, 758 White, 76 Black/African American, 28 Asian, 107 Hispanic, 1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 102 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mount Mercy University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,417	553	864
American Indian/Native American	4	1	3
Asian	28	10	18
Black/African American	76	27	49
Hispanic	107	49	58
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	758	248	510
Two More	189	63	126
Race Un-Known	97	39	58

[Chart] Mount Mercy UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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