Student Population at Misericordia

Total Enrollment

2,200

Undergraduate

1,720

Graduate

480

Online Enrollment

238

Men Students

774

Women Students

1,426

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,200 students have enrolled at Misericordia University - 1,720 undergraduate and 480 graduate.

By gender, 774 male and 1,426 female students are attending Misericordia University. By attendance status, there are 1,882 full-time students and 318 part-time students.

The number of students at Misericordia University is relatively small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as La Salle University and Gwynedd Mercy University, its population is relatively small (average population is 2,585).

Misericordia University offers online degree/certificate programs and 238 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Misericordia's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

Misericordia has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,585 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Misericordia University	2,200	1,720	480
Similarly Ranked Schools	2,585	1,691	895
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania	2,751	2,277	1,010

The below chart compares the student population between Misericordia University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 774 male and 1,426 female students attending Misericordia. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.54 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Misericordia.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Misericordia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,720	1,547	173
Men	649	608	41
Women	1,071	939	132

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Misericordia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	480	335	145
Men	125	88	37
Women	355	247	108

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,776 White students (80.73%) and 162 Hispanic students (7.36%) at Misericordia University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Misericordia University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Misericordia University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	15	6	9
Black or African American	83	45	38
Hispanic	143	51	92
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	1,377	496	881
Two or More Races	37	19	18
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	52	23	29
Total	1,720	649	1,071

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Misericordia University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	14	0	14
Black or African American	12	5	7
Hispanic	19	7	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	399	103	296
Two or More Races	10	4	6
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	25	6	19
Total	480	125	355

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,859 students whose age under twenty five and 197 students whose age is over thirty years old at Misericordia University.

Especially, 56 students are younger than eighteen and 3 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Misericordia University.

Population by Student Age at Misericordia University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,720	649	1,071
Under 18	56	19	37
18-19	747	307	440
20-21	605	240	365
22-24	146	53	93
25-29	62	11	51
30-34	35	5	30
35-39	32	7	25
40-49	27	6	21
50-64	7	0	7
unknown	3	1	2
Total	1,720	649	1,071

Population by Student Age at Misericordia University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	480	125	355
20-21	10	1	9
22-24	295	83	212
25-29	77	22	55
30-34	29	7	22
35-39	22	2	20
40-49	31	6	25
50-64	11	2	9
65 and over	3	1	2
unknown	2	1	1
Total	480	125	355

Online Student Population

At Misericordia University, 1,055 students (47.95% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 238 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 162 students live in Pennsylvania where Misericordia University is located in and 73 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,200	1,720	480
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	238	73	165
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	817	694	123
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	1,145	953	192

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	238	73	165
Pennsylvania Residents	162	58	104
Other State in U.S.	73	12	61
Outside of U.S.	3	3	0
Unknown	0	0	0