unitid 140447 · Macon, GA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Mercer University
- enrollment 2023
- 10,309
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
69%
40th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
4,500
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
70%
finish within 150% time
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$58,204
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$23,847
after aid, aided students
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,354
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,199
47th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $19,817 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+31%
- Median family income
- $43,172
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $42,312
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 228 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 191 | $79,324 | $29,161 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 156 | $59,597 | — |
| Engineering, General. | 138 | $88,497 | $26,000 |
| Medicine. | 131 | — | — |
| Law. | 123 | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 119 | $49,960 | — |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 114 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 80 | $51,627 | $27,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 73 | $121,923 | — |
| Biology, General. | 62 | $67,149 | $25,000 |
| Public Health. | 62 | — | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.