Student Right-to-Know Act  
Graduation/Completion Rate Report

April 5, 2013

In accordance with the Higher Education Act, Mercer University is pleased to provide the following information on the graduation/completion rates of our 2006-07 cohort of full-time, first-time, degree seeking undergraduates, and student athletes receiving athletic financial aid.

While reviewing the information, please keep the following in mind:

• Graduation/completion rates are calculated by tracking a cohort of new, first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students for six years (150% of normal time to completion of a 4-year degree).  If a student completes a program at Mercer by August 31 of the sixth year, the student is counted in the completion rate.
• Mercer University offers several distinct 4-year undergraduate degree programs open to first-time students.
• Mercer's "traditional" program is offered in Macon, Georgia; it is a daytime program geared toward traditional age students, the majority of whom are attending college for the first time. 
• A continuing education program geared toward older students is offered evenings and weekends at regional academic centers around the state of Georgia.
• Our campus in Atlanta offers a BSN in nursing. Starting in 2006-07 Mercer's Nursing program no longer accepts first-time students; all new students enter as transfer students.
• Graduation/completion rates do not include transfer or part-time students (the majority of students in the continuing education and nursing program enter as transfer students), and do not reflect outcomes after the 6-year period.
• Mercer has elected not to report transfer-out rates because our university's mission does not include providing substantial preparation for students to enroll in other institutions.
• Graduation/completion rates do not include students who left school to serve in the armed forces or on official church missions or with foreign aid service of the federal government, or students who died or were totally and permanently disabled.

Questions related to this report should be directed to Sarah May, Director of Institutional Research at 478-301-2413 or may_se@mercer.edu.

Student-Right-To-Know Completion Rate  (Total Completers within 150% / Adjusted Cohort) *
	2006 Cohort		4-Class Average Rate 2003 through 2006 Cohorts Combined
	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate	Adjusted Cohort	Completion Rate
Total Cohort	582	63%	2,543	62%
Completion Rates for Cohort Sub-Categories
By Mercer Program
Traditional Macon Campus Undergraduate Program	565	64%	2,351	62%
College of Nursing	n/a	n/a	80	63%
Continuing Education at Regional Academic Centers	17	47%	112	40%
Student Athletes
Student Athletes Receiving Athletically Related Financial Aid Latest NCAA Official Graduation Report	This section will be updated in May of 2013 when the NCAA Graduation Success Rate report is complete.
By Gender
Female	300	66%	1,461	64%
Male	282	60%	1,082	58%
By Race/Ethnicity
American Indian/Alaskan Native	**	**	**	**
Asian	35	54%	139	57%
Black or African American	96	55%	433	56%
Hispanic/Latino	13	46%	58	60%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	n/a	0	n/a
Nonresident Alien	5	40%	32	53%
Two or More Races	**	**	**	**
Other/unknown	39	46%	96	56%
White	391	69%	1,776	64%
By Financial Aid Category ***
PELL Grant Recipients	113	56%	630	56%
Subsidized Federal Loan Recipients who did not receive Pell Grant	105	58%	556	62%
Recipients of neither a Pell nor subsidized Federal Loan	364	67%	1,357	64%

* Student-Right-to-Know rates are based students completing bachelor's or equivalent degrees. 
** Number of individuals in cell less than 6; data cell supressed to protect confidentiality of individuals.
*** Data by financial aid category is a good faith effort to comply with Higher Education Act provision that became effective August of 2008. Methodology for this analysis is subject to rule making by National Center for Educational Statistics at a later date.