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Mercer University

Mercer University
1501 Mercer University Drive
Macon, GA 31207


Fax number: (478) 301-2828
Website: https://www.mercer.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,859
Full-time undergraduates: 4,129
Part-time undergraduates: 730
Total graduate students: 4,030
Full-time graduate students: 2,842
Part-time graduate students: 1,188
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
8.0% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
31.6% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
44.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.9% Nonresident Alien
2.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 150 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 92%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 78%
Percent of students who live off campus: 22%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's sand volleyballyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I

Intramural/Recreational sports:
baseball; basketball; fencing; football; golf; lacrosse; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 47% within six months of graduation

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