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Mercer University

Mercer University
1501 Mercer University Dr
Macon, GA 31207

Official telephone: (478) 301-2700
Website: https://www.mercer.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,690
Full-time undergraduates: 4,077
Part-time undergraduates: 613
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
8.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
32.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
9.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
40.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.6% Nonresident Alien
2.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 150 acres
Nearest major city: Atlanta

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 89%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 58%
Percent of students who live off campus: 42%

STUDY FACILITIES
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:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, 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 basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's volleyball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's sand volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sand volleyballyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
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:
rock climbing; badminton; basketball; fencing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; wrestling; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Hartsfield Atlanta Internation

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 73% within six months of graduation

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