Mercy University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Mercy University admitted 85.8% of applicants in the reported entering class, a rate that points to broad access in that applicant pool. The figure is above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size), so its admission outcome differs from that peer benchmark.

Applicants should place Mercy University on an application list after reviewing their academic record alongside the university’s published admissions information. This rate summarizes a past applicant pool rather than forecasting an individual admission decision.

Mercy University serves an undergraduate population that includes many Pell Grant recipients and a sizable transfer pathway. Of 5,735 undergraduates, 50.0% receive Pell Grants, a financial-access measure based on federal grant receipt.

An estimated 38.0% of the undergraduate population enters as transfers or part-time students, so the campus composition includes both students starting college there and those continuing prior coursework. These figures describe the people who attend, rather than admission priorities or any applicant’s likelihood of admission.

At Mercy University, 75.7% of full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students return for a second year, below the 83.4% peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size). The first-time full-time cohort has a six-year graduation rate of 45.7%, also below its peer median of 68.8%.

For Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year completion rate is 49.1%, above the overall graduation rate by 3.4 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect the retention measure to describe returning after the first year and the graduation measure to describe completion within six years.

Both overall measures sit below their peer medians, even as Pell recipients’ completion rate is higher than the overall figure.