by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Mercer University was awarded 447 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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College Factual ranked Mercer as #415 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mercer held the #612 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Mercer is also ranked #4 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
Mercer University has an acceptance rate of 75%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 26% of students accepted to Mercer submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 625 and 700. Math scores were between 595 and 700.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Mercer University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mercer University is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Mercer University has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Mercer the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,911 undergraduates at Mercer with 4,219 being full-time and 692 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,024 | $17,971 | $21,388 | $23,303 | $24,894 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mercer, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mercer, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $8,532 a year. That adds up to $34,128 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mercer is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Mercer University.
Contact details for Mercer are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207 |
| Phone: | 478-301-2700 |
| Website: | https://www.mercer.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/MercerUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/MercerYou |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 204 | $64,379 |
| General Engineering | 116 | $62,626 |
| General Biology | 76 | $23,164 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 63 | $34,454 |
| Marketing | 57 | $33,298 |
| General Psychology | 53 | $27,745 |
| Public Health | 52 | NA |
| Accounting | 43 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 39 | $53,576 |
| Homeland Security | 39 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 3,087 students took at least one online class at Mercer University. This is a decrease from the 4,341 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,087 | 1,767 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,341 | 1,738 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,233 | 1,110 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,033 | 899 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,881 | 656 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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