Mercer University
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE - Fall Semester 1997

Final
(Includes 2nd Session Activity as Applicable)
12/2/97

College of Liberal Arts

This demographic profile provides student headcount and FTE statistics by:
- ethnicity,
- age,
- religious preference,
- geographic origin,
- marital status,
- and greek organization membership.

May be duplicated counts.
Each valid program is counted; a student may have a valid matriculation at more than one level
and/or in more than one college.

KEY
FT = Full-Time Headcount
PT = Part-Time Headcount
N = Total Headcount
Hours = Hours Attempted
FTE = Full-Time Equivalent

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 semester terms, fall, spring and summer:

Undergraduate Students
12 credit hours

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE - College of Liberal Arts
College of Liberal Arts
Summary 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
College of Liberal Arts 1244 79 1323 19234 1286.4 525 509.2 798 777.2
Undergraduate Total 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
College of Liberal Arts, Macon 1244 79 1323 19234 1286.4 525 509.2 798 777.2


MACON
College of Liberal Arts
Macon / Ethnicity 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
American Indian/Alaskan Native 7 2 9 126 8.4 2 1.7 7 6.8
Asian or Pacific Islander 75 2 77 1117 76.3 25 25.0 52 51.3
Black, Non-Hispanic 225 9 234 3406 228.6 62 60.3 172 168.3
Cuban/Mexican/PR/Hispanic 16 1 17 261 16.7 4 4.0 13 12.7
White, Non-Hispanic 847 55 902 13144 876.7 391 378.8 511 497.9
Nonresident Alien 27 5 32 420 29.4 12 10.9 20 18.5
Other/Unknown 47 5 52 725 49.4 29 27.8 23 21.6


College of Liberal Arts
Macon / Age 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
Under 18 13 0 13 198 13.0 5 5.0 8 8.0
18-19 590 5 595 9065 592.5 218 216.1 377 376.4
20-21 423 16 439 6416 432.8 170 167.6 269 265.2
22-24 149 23 172 2304 160.6 88 82.2 84 78.4
25-29 33 13 46 563 39.4 26 21.7 20 17.8
30-34 20 3 23 320 22.1 9 9.0 14 13.1
35-39 7 5 12 139 9.8 3 3.0 9 6.8
40-49 7 10 17 149 11.4 4 2.7 13 8.7
50-64 2 4 6 46 3.8 2 1.3 4 2.5


College of Liberal Arts
Macon / Religious Preference 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
Baptist 579 24 603 8848 591.0 242 237.9 361 353.1
Buddhist 3 1 4 52 3.5 2 1.5 2 2.0
Episcopal 29 2 31 441 30.1 14 13.8 17 16.3
Evangelical 1 0 1 16 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
Hindu 24 2 26 369 25.3 11 10.3 15 15.0
Islam/Moslem 2 1 3 39 2.8 2 1.8 1 1.0
Jewish 4 1 5 63 4.5 1 1.0 4 3.5
Lutheran 14 2 16 243 15.8 5 4.9 11 10.8
Methodist 148 8 156 2276 152.4 57 54.2 99 98.3
Mennonite 1 0 1 14 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
Presbyterian 41 2 43 624 42.3 17 16.8 26 25.5
Other Protestant 0 1 1 4 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.3
Roman Catholic 110 8 118 1715 114.2 39 38.4 79 75.8
Other 139 12 151 2179 145.7 58 54.6 93 91.1
No Preference/Unknown 149 15 164 2317 155.7 77 73.3 87 82.3


College of Liberal Arts
Macon / State of Origin 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
Alabama 24 1 25 372 24.8 14 13.8 11 11.0
Florida 75 2 77 1173 76.6 25 24.8 52 51.8
Georgia 986 67 1053 15229 1020.3 428 414.0 625 606.3
Kentucky 2 0 2 26 2.0 1 1.0 1 1.0
Louisiana 8 0 8 124 8.0 1 1.0 7 7.0
North Carolina 7 0 7 102 7.0 3 3.0 4 4.0
South Carolina 10 0 10 150 10.0 4 4.0 6 6.0
Tennessee 23 0 23 339 23.0 7 7.0 16 16.0
Virginia 6 0 6 91 6.0 5 5.0 1 1.0
S. Central (AR, MS, OK, TX) 9 0 9 129 9.0 4 4.0 5 5.0
North/Northeast 12 2 14 198 13.3 7 6.8 7 6.5
Midwest 18 0 18 277 18.0 3 3.0 15 15.0
West (Includes HI and AK) 12 0 12 181 12.0 3 3.0 9 9.0
Other (US Terr., Foreign) 52 7 59 809 55.5 20 18.2 39 37.3


College of Liberal Arts
Macon / Marital Status 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
Divorced 0 1 1 9 0.8 0 0.0 1 0.8
Married 23 20 43 458 33.3 13 11.1 30 22.2
Single 1171 57 1228 17985 1201.0 489 474.3 739 726.7
Not Specified 50 1 51 747 50.3 23 23.0 28 27.3


College of Liberal Arts
Macon / Greek Org. Membership 		ALL STUDENTS MALE FEMALE
FT PT N Hours FTE N FTE N FTE
UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 1244 79 1323 19199 1285.4 525 508.4 798 777.0
Alpha Delta Pi 34 0 34 533 34.0 0 0.0 34 34.0
Alpha Gamma Delta 31 1 32 480 31.8 0 0.0 32 31.8
Alpha Kappa Alpha 5 0 5 70 5.0 0 0.0 5 5.0
Alpha Phi Alpha 0 1 1 6 0.5 1 0.5 0 0.0
Chi Omega 37 1 38 554 37.7 0 0.0 38 37.7
Delta Sigma Theta 4 0 4 58 4.0 0 0.0 4 4.0
Kappa Alpha 14 2 16 212 15.3 16 15.3 0 0.0
Kappa Alpha Psi 4 0 4 62 4.0 4 4.0 0 0.0
Kappa Sigma 10 0 10 145 10.0 10 10.0 0 0.0
Phi Delta Theta 11 1 12 177 11.7 12 11.7 0 0.0
Pi Kappa Phi 17 0 17 244 17.0 17 17.0 0 0.0
Phi Mu 32 1 33 490 32.3 0 0.0 33 32.3
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 11 0 11 166 11.0 9 9.0 2 2.0
Sigma Nu 15 2 17 237 16.6 17 16.6 0 0.0
Unaffiliated 1019 70 1089 15766 1054.7 439 424.4 650 630.3