Mercyhurst University
Mercyhurst University admitted 81% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $26,486 a year. Within six years, 61% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 81%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $60,498 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $26,486 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $24,429 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $47,270 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 61%
- Students who return for a second year
- 80%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $55,508 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,998
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,191
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 35%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Health professions
- 17%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 14%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 9%
- Education
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH · 81% admitted
- New York Institute of Technology NY · 81% admitted
- Thomas Jefferson University PA · 81% admitted
- Husson University ME · 81% admitted
- John Carroll University OH · 81% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN · 81% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.