Mercer University
ACADEMIC PROFILE - Fall 1996

Last Revised 2/27/97

Macon Campus Only
(Liberal Arts, Business, Education and Engineering)

This academic profile provides student headcount and FTE statistics by:
- student classification,
- registration type,
- degree program,
- major,
- and special program participation.

KEY
FT = Full-Time Headcount
PT = Part-Time Headcount
N = Total Headcount
Hours = Hours Attempted
FTE = Full-Time Equivalent
All statistics are based on 20th class day enrollment.

FTE is calculated as follows:
Full-Time Students - FTE = 1.0
Part-Time Students - FTE = Hours Attempted/Full-Time Load Equivalent

FTE and Full-Time/Part-Time status are calculated based on the following full-time load equivalents for all terms, fall, winter, spring and summer:

Undergraduate Students
12 credit hours
Graduate Students
10 credit hours
9 credit hours for School of Engineering

ACADEMIC PROFILE - Macon Campus
Macon Campus
Summary 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
Total Macon Campus 2424 363 2787 39958 2587.8 1295 1165.1 1492 1422.8
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9


Macon Campus
Classification 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
New Freshman (Current Term) 567 2 569 9350 568.3 221 221.0 348 347.3
New Freshman (Starting Summer) 5 0 5 80 5.0 2 2.0 3 3.0
Freshman (Continuing) 159 6 165 2521 162.8 86 85.9 79 76.9
Sophomore 512 19 531 8259 524.7 231 227.7 300 296.9
Junior 526 24 550 8583 537.8 231 221.6 319 316.2
Senior 522 61 583 8694 555.4 293 278.2 290 277.2
Other Undergraduate (Degree) 0 1 1 5 0.4 1 0.4 0 0.0
Other Undergraduate (Non-degree) 2 17 19 103 8.0 9 3.7 10 4.4
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9
Masters Candidate 99 199 298 1823 176.7 206 113.7 92 63.1
Other Graduate 32 34 66 541 48.7 15 10.8 51 37.8


Macon Campus
Registration Type 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
New Undergraduate 567 4 571 9360 569.2 221 221.0 350 348.2
Program Change 4 0 4 64 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Undergraduate Transfer 151 15 166 2438 158.7 71 67.3 95 91.4
Readmitted Undergraduate 26 14 40 463 32.2 21 15.6 19 16.6
Continuing Undergraduate 1545 92 1637 25246 1596.4 756 733.6 881 862.8
External Audit 0 1 1 3 0.3 1 0.3 0 0.0
Non-Degree Undergraduate 0 4 4 20 1.7 2 0.8 2 0.8
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9
New Graduate 48 50 98 756 69.7 51 33.3 47 36.4
Readmitted Graduate 3 19 22 103 10.0 19 8.2 3 1.8
Continuing Graduate 80 163 243 1502 145.3 150 82.7 93 62.6
Transient - Graduate 0 1 1 3 0.3 1 0.3 0 0.0


Macon Campus
Degree Program 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
Bachelor of Arts 1333 55 1388 21603 1369.2 469 462.0 919 907.2
Bachelor of Business Admin. 378 17 395 6127 387.8 206 201.9 189 185.9
Bachelor of Music 4 2 6 84 5.0 2 2.0 4 3.0
Bachelor of Music Education 4 0 4 77 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Bachelor of Science 228 14 242 3739 236.3 130 127.1 112 109.2
Bachelor of Science, Engineering 344 25 369 5861 352.2 256 242.0 113 110.2
Non-Degree 2 17 19 103 8.0 9 3.7 10 4.4
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9
Educ. Specialist, Post MED 0 11 11 55 5.5 0 0.0 11 5.5
Master of Business Admin. 76 61 137 1145 106.5 95 73.5 42 33.0
Master of Education 24 22 46 360 35.0 10 8.0 36 27.0
Master of Science 0 49 49 136 15.0 38 12.0 11 3.0
Master of Science, Engineering 0 67 67 192 21.3 63 20.2 4 1.1
Non-Degree 31 23 54 476 42.2 15 10.8 39 31.3


Macon Campus
Major 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
Accounting 79 3 82 1272 81.5 29 28.8 53 52.7
Afro-American Studies 1 0 1 20 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
Art 19 2 21 312 20.3 6 5.8 15 14.4
Biology 111 8 119 1750 116.0 48 47.1 71 68.9
EGR: Biomedical Specialty 88 3 91 1518 88.8 51 49.5 40 39.3
Chemistry 37 1 38 586 37.8 18 18.0 20 19.8
Christianity 24 0 24 382 24.0 16 16.0 8 8.0
Computer & Info. Systems 7 0 7 107 7.0 3 3.0 4 4.0
Computer Information Systems 4 0 4 65 4.0 3 3.0 1 1.0
Computer Science 50 7 57 846 54.6 41 39.3 16 15.3
Communication & Threater Arts 62 3 65 999 64.3 25 24.3 40 39.9
Early Childhood Education 52 2 54 848 52.8 2 2.0 52 50.8
Economics 10 3 13 173 11.0 9 7.6 4 3.4
EGR: Electrical Specialty 107 12 119 1838 112.3 90 83.8 29 28.6
English 75 2 77 1220 76.7 20 20.0 57 56.7
Environmental Science 21 1 22 345 21.4 8 8.0 14 13.4
Earth Science 4 0 4 57 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Environmental Engineering 46 3 49 776 46.6 28 26.5 21 20.1
Environmental Systems 6 0 6 98 6.0 3 3.0 3 3.0
Finance 32 2 34 516 32.8 22 20.8 12 12.0
French 5 0 5 75 5.0 1 1.0 4 4.0
General Business 69 3 72 1110 70.6 49 47.8 23 22.8
German 1 0 1 15 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0
Greek 2 0 2 31 2.0 2 2.0 0 0.0
History 39 0 39 633 39.0 16 16.0 23 23.0
Industrial Magement 10 0 10 158 10.0 6 6.0 4 4.0
International Business 38 0 38 623 38.0 15 15.0 23 23.0
Individualized Major 7 2 9 128 8.8 2 2.0 7 6.8
EGR: Industrial Specialty 17 2 19 310 17.4 13 12.1 6 5.3
Law 9 0 9 145 9.0 3 3.0 6 6.0
Learning Disabilities 16 1 17 264 16.8 1 1.0 16 15.8
EGR: Mechanical Specialty 86 5 91 1419 87.2 74 70.2 17 17.0
Mathematics 18 3 21 316 19.3 11 9.8 10 9.4
Middle Grades Education 8 0 8 130 8.0 1 1.0 7 7.0
Management 50 1 51 803 50.4 30 30.0 21 20.4
Marketing 38 3 41 635 40.1 17 16.8 24 23.3
Music Education 4 0 4 77 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Music 12 1 13 215 12.7 5 5.0 8 7.7
Performance 2 1 3 50 2.8 1 1.0 2 1.8
Philosophy 7 0 7 108 7.0 5 5.0 2 2.0
Physics 4 1 5 73 4.4 4 3.4 1 1.0
Political Science 53 5 58 887 56.7 29 28.5 29 28.3
Program in Service Learning 14 0 14 215 14.0 2 2.0 12 12.0
Psychology 67 3 70 1066 69.1 14 13.8 56 55.3
Sacred Music 2 1 3 34 2.2 1 1.0 2 1.2
Sociology 12 2 14 216 13.7 3 3.0 11 10.7
Spanish 13 1 14 237 13.8 1 1.0 13 12.8
Technical Communications 22 1 23 374 22.3 11 10.3 12 12.0
None 2 17 19 103 8.0 9 3.7 10 4.4
Undeclared 831 25 856 13416 846.4 321 317.5 535 528.9
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9
Accounting & Taxation 0 1 1 5 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5
Computer & Info. Systems 0 29 29 81 8.9 23 7.2 6 1.8
Comp&Info Systems-Conditional 0 2 2 6 0.7 2 0.7 0 0.0
Comp&Info Systems-Provisional 0 4 4 12 1.3 4 1.3 0 0.0
Early Childhood Education 3 8 11 70 7.0 0 0.0 11 7.0
Engineering Management 0 17 17 38 4.2 14 3.4 3 0.8
Entrepreneurship 2 0 2 25 2.0 2 2.0 0 0.0
Finance 12 6 18 155 15.0 17 14.0 1 1.0
General Business 16 6 22 210 19.0 15 13.0 7 6.0
Electrical Engineering 0 41 41 132 14.6 40 14.3 1 0.3
Electrical Egr - Provisional 0 4 4 13 1.4 4 1.4 0 0.0
Mechanical Engineering 0 5 5 9 1.0 5 1.0 0 0.0
Human Resource Management 3 3 6 45 4.5 1 1.0 5 3.5
International Business 4 6 10 75 7.0 7 5.0 3 2.0
Middle Grades Education 2 15 17 95 9.5 1 0.5 16 9.0
Management 13 10 23 195 18.0 13 9.5 10 8.5
Management Info Systems 7 0 7 85 7.0 5 5.0 2 2.0
Marketing 6 1 7 65 6.5 3 3.0 4 3.5
Technology Degree Enhncmnt Pgm 0 1 1 3 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.3
Reading Specialist 1 0 1 10 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
Secondary Educ. - English 3 4 7 55 5.0 0 0.0 7 5.0
Secondary Educ. - History 1 0 1 15 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0
Secondary Educ. - Mathematics 0 1 1 5 0.5 1 0.5 0 0.0
Secondary Educ. - Science 1 2 3 20 2.0 1 1.0 2 1.0
Secondary Educ. - Soc Studies 13 3 16 145 14.5 6 5.0 10 9.5
Technical Management 0 11 11 28 3.1 6 1.9 5 1.2
Technical Mgt - Provisional 0 3 3 9 1.0 3 1.0 0 0.0
None 31 22 53 473 41.8 15 10.8 38 31.0
Undeclared 13 28 41 285 27.0 32 21.0 9 6.0


Macon Campus
Special Programs 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 2293 130 2423 37594 2362.4 1074 1040.6 1349 1321.9
Not in a Special Program 2281 122 2403 37376 2349.5 1065 1037.0 1338 1312.5
Engineering Cooperative Pgm. 0 7 7 10 0.8 5 0.4 2 0.4
Studies Abroad - Oxford 4 0 4 65 4.0 1 1.0 3 3.0
Studies Abroad - Reading 4 0 4 60 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0
Studies Abroad - Spain 3 0 3 66 3.0 0 0.0 3 3.0
Summer Opportunities Program 0 1 1 2 0.2 1 0.2 0 0.0
Former Step Ahead 1 0 1 15 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
GRADUATE TOTAL 131 233 364 2364 225.4 221 124.5 143 100.9
Not in a Special Program 1 0 1 10 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0
Engineering Satellite Program 0 118 118 334 36.9 102 32.5 16 4.4
Master of Business 51 30 81 735 66.0 52 41.5 29 24.5
Master of Business Exec. Forum 23 13 36 300 29.5 26 22.5 10 7.0
Masters of Business/Physician 1 18 19 100 10.0 16 8.5 3 1.5
Teacher Education Service 55 54 109 885 82.0 24 18.5 85 63.5

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