Mercyhurst University Business Programs

Mercyhurst University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The city atmosphere of Erie makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Mercyhurst University?

Contact details for Mercyhurst are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	501 E 38Th St, Erie, PA 16546
Phone:	814-824-2000
Website:	www.mercyhurst.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HurstU
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/mercyhurstu

How Do I Get Into Mercyhurst?

You can apply to Mercyhurst online at: https://apply.mercyhurst.edu/

Admission Requirements for Mercyhurst

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mercyhurst?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, Mercyhurst is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Can I Afford Mercyhurst University?

The overall average net price of Mercyhurst is $32,267. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Mercyhurst, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $10,491 a year. That adds up to $41,964 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mercyhurst is 6.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Mercyhurst University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,370 undergraduate students at Mercyhurst, with 2,296 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 420 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,296 full-time undergraduates at Mercyhurst, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	28
Black or African American	97
Hispanic or Latino	101
White	1,855
International Students	98
Other Races/Ethnicities	117

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Mercyhurst University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 61 countries are represented at Mercyhurst. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Honduras, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Mercyhurst University

In 2019-2020, 842 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Mercyhurst

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mercyhurst University was 259.9%. This is the #193 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mercyhurst regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Organizational Leadership	#19
Business Administration & Management	#95

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%.

Mercyhurst University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Organizational Leadership	0	0	2	29	31
Fashion Merchandising	0	24	0	0	24
General Hospitality Administration/Management	2	15	0	0	17
General Business Administration and Management	7	9	0	0	16
Other Marketing	0	12	0	0	12
Accounting	0	11	0	0	11
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	11	0	0	11
Finance	0	8	0	0	8
Business Management & Marketing	0	7	0	0	7
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	4	0	0	4
Business Economics	0	1	0	0	1
Insurance	0	1	0	0	1
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	1	0	0	1
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing Research	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	9	104	2	29	144

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.