Graduate Programs at Mercyhurst University

Graduate School Overview

Mercyhurst University (referred to as Mercyhurst) is a Private, 4 years school located in Erie, PA.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (7/1/1931 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Mercyhurst Directory Information
School Name	Mercyhurst University (Mercyhurst)
Address	501 E 38th St, Erie, PA 16546
Phone	814-824-2000
Web	https://www.mercyhurst.edu
Online Application	https://apply.mercyhurst.edu
Financial Info	https://www.mercyhurst.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/costs-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Mercyhurst is $15,193 in average. The school has 355 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,801 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 140 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$15,193
Student Population	355
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	140 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Mercyhurst is $15,193 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $885.

Mercyhurst offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$16,650
Required Fees	$966
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$885

Mercyhurst offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Mercyhurst University is $15,193. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -13.75% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$24,530	$460
2019-2020	$15,570	$460
2020-2021	$16,065	$500
2021-2022	$16,543	$500
2022-2023	$16,650	$966
2023-2024	$14,763	$430

The graduate school tuition & fees of Mercyhurst is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Pennsylvania. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Pennsylvania graduate tuition is $25,701 (public) / $21,200 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Mercyhurst University	$15,193
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Pennsylvania Graduate Schools	$19,680	$22,078
Public	$18,549	$25,701
Private	$21,200

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,535 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Mercyhurst.

On-campus living costs are increased by 2.79% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,511. Off-campus living costs are increased by 1.35% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,880	$2,061	$10,330	$2,061
2019-2020	$12,880	$2,061	$10,330	$2,261
2020-2021	$14,968	$2,061	$10,450	$2,061
2021-2022	$13,750	$2,061	$10,534	$2,061
2022-2023	$14,025	$2,061	$11,070	$2,261
2023-2024	$14,274	$2,261	$11,250	$2,261

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $763 at Mercyhurst University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -13.79% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$818
2019-2020	$865
2020-2021	$893
2021-2022	$919
2022-2023	$885
2023-2024	$763

Graduate Programs at Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst University offers 48 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 240 students have completed their study at Mercyhurst University.

Offered Degrees at Mercyhurst University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	16	222
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0
Post Bachelor's Degree	31	18
Total	48	240

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Mercyhurst University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Organizational Leadership program with 7 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Organizational Leadership program with 45 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Anthropology program with 0 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Mercyhurst University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Organizational Leadership	✕	7	-
Intelligence	✕	2	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	✕	2	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at Mercyhurst University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Organizational Leadership	✕	45	-
Intelligence	✕	37	-
Physician Assistant	✕	28	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	21	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	19	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Mercyhurst University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Anthropology	✕	-	-

Mercyhurst University offers 48 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 240 students have completed their graduate studies.

222 students have earned/completed Master's program.
18 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	21	-
Education [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Education	✕	7	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	13	$41,900
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✕	4	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	19	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	-	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Intelligence	✕	37	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	✕	11	-
Psychology [+]	✕	-	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	9	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	-	-
Physical and Biological Anthropology	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Physician Assistant	✕	28	-
Nursing Administration	✕	14	-
Business [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	45	-
	Total	222

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Anthropology	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✕	1	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Intelligence	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	-	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Anthropology	✕	-	-
Physical and Biological Anthropology	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	7	-
	Total	18

Graduate Student Population at Mercyhurst

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 355 students enrolled into Mercyhurst University graduate schools where it has total 2,801 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 228 full-time and 127 part-time graduate students. By gender, 142 male and 213 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	355	142	213
Full-time	228	84	144
Part-tme	127	58	69

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 246 White (69.30%), 11 Black/African American (3.10%), 13 Hispanic (3.66%), 5 Asian (1.41%), and 80 students with other races. 30 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	355	142	213
American Indian/Native American	3	1	2
Asian	5	2	3
Black/African American	11	6	5
Hispanic	13	8	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	246	90	156
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	46	20	26
Non-resident Alien	30	15	15

Mercyhurst University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 181 graduate students (50.99% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	355
Enrolled Online Exclusively	181
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	174

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Mercyhurst University. 200 students are aged 20 to 24 (56.34% of total students), 15 students are aged above 50 (4.23%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Mercyhurst University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	355	142	213
Age 20-21	8	3	5
Age 22-24	192	68	124
Age 25-29	56	25	31
Age 30-34	35	14	21
Age 35-39	21	10	11
Age 40-49	28	13	15
Age 50-64	15	9	6

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