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Mercyhurst University

Mercyhurst University
501 E 38th St
Erie, PA 16546

Official telephone: (814) 824-2000
Website: https://www.mercyhurst.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,214
Full-time undergraduates: 2,056
Part-time undergraduates: 158
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.5% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.3% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
71.2% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.9% Nonresident Alien
5.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 74%
Percent of students who live off campus: 26%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's crewyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rowingyes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crewyes 
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's footballyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's rowingyes 
Women's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's skiing (downhill)yes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's table tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's triathlonyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water poloyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
cheerleading

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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