Mercer University Business Programs

Located in Macon, Georgia, Mercer University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Mercer has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#56	Highest Paid General Economics Graduates	College Factual
#62	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#62	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Mercer University?

Contact details for Mercer are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207
Phone:	478-301-2700
Website:	www.mercer.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/MercerUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/MercerYou

How Do I Get Into Mercer?

You can apply to Mercer online at: https://undergrad.mercer.edu/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Mercer

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mercer?

Mercer has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 50% 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 600 and 670. Math scores were between 580 and 670.

Mercer received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 28. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Mercer University?

The overall average net price of Mercer is $24,934. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 51% of students took out student loans averaging $8,279 a year. That adds up to $33,116 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.

Mercer University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,911 undergraduate students at Mercer, with 4,219 being full-time and 692 being part-time.

There are also 4,095 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,219 full-time undergraduates at Mercer, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mercer University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	365
Black or African American	1,113
Hispanic or Latino	287
White	2,063
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	324

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Mercer University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 52 countries are represented at Mercer. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Mercer University

In 2019-2020, 4,341 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Mercer has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 22nd most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Mercer

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Mercer University was $37,808 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Mercer is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Business/Commerce	#71	#71
General Business/Commerce	#71	#71

Online Growth Rankings of Mercer

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mercer University was 27.6%. This is the #799 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mercer regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Mercer ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Mercer.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#64

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mercer University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	28	101	129
General Business Administration and Management	10	88	98
Accounting	43	30	73
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	48	0	48
Finance	39	0	39
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	33	33
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	23	0	23
General Economics	17	0	17
Interior Design Management	9	6	15
Human Resources Development	14	0	14
Other Marketing	9	0	9
International Business/Trade/Commerce	8	0	8
Entrepreneurship	6	0	6
Technical & Scientific Communication	3	0	3
Management Science	0	0	0
TOTAL	257	258	515

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Korea2006 under License

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