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#34 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#40 Best Value Schools
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#153 National Universities
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#109 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#134 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#52 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#260 Business Programs
Mercer University is ranked #153 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
43
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
189
Graduation and retention rank
167
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
64%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
88%
Social Mobility Rank
134
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
57%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
70%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
68%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
77
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
207
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
76.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
93%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
55.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
5%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
107
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1180-1340
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
37%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
183
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
108
Average alumni giving rate
10.6%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
