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Mercyhurst University

Mercyhurst University
501 East 38th Street
Erie, PA 16546

Official telephone: (814) 824-2000
Fax number: (814) 824-2071
Website: https://www.mercyhurst.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,446
Full-time undergraduates: 2,249
Part-time undergraduates: 197
Total graduate students: 355
Full-time graduate students: 228
Part-time graduate students: 127
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.0% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.8% Hispanic/Latino
76.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
0.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Nonresident Alien
7.1% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 88 acres
Nearest major city: Buffalo

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 87%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 68%
Percent of students who live off campus: 32%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 350
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government; chorus; Admission Ambassadors; Amnesty International; The Merciad (student newspaper)

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's crew NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's crewyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's water poloyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's crewyes 
Women's crew NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's water poloyes 
Women's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; volleyball; skiing (downhill); skiing (cross-country)

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Erie International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 78% within six months of graduation

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