QS - Mercer University - Macon Campus

Founded: 1833   Total Students: 9,033+

Overview

Mercer University was founded in 1833 in Penfield by Georgia Baptists. The school, under the leadership of Baptist minister and spiritual father Adiel Sherwood, was named for Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist leader and the first chair of the Mercer Board of Trustees. 

From its humble beginnings in Penfield, Mercer today is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University has more than 9,000 students; 12 schools and colleges – liberal arts and sciences, law, pharmacy, medicine, health professions, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and professional advancement; campuses in Macon, Atlanta, Savannah and Columbus; two regional academic centers in the state; a university press; five teaching hospitals; an educational partnership with Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex; an engineering research center in Warner Robins; a performing arts center in Macon; and a NCAA Division I athletic program. 

The institution’s reputation for exceptional academics in an engaged learning environment continues to grow. In 2018 the University was reclassified as a doctoral university with high research activity (R2) and is ranked in the top tier of national universities by U.S. News & World Report. Mercer has also earned a Community Engagement classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is one of only 286 institutions in the country to shelter a chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society. 

Programs Offered in QS - Mercer University - Macon Campus

  • Master's Degree
  • Highlights

    • The School of Medicine held a ribbon-cutting in February for its fourth rural primary care clinic, which opened March 1 in Putnam County.
    • The Macon-based Phil J. and Alice S. Sheridan Foundation committed $10 million to endow The Sheridan Center to support the work of Mercer On Mission throughout the globe. The Center maintains a special focus on the University’s prosthetics program, which promises to become the largest supplier of high-quality prosthetics to people who could not otherwise afford them throughout the world.
    • A five-year, $300,000 Peyton Anderson Foundation grant brought symphony orchestra back to Macon for the first time since 2017 with the announcement of the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra. The new orchestra, which played its opening concert Oct. 4 at The Grand Opera House, is a collaboration between the world-renowned Robert McDuffie Center for Strings in Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music and musicians from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mercer set a fall enrollment record for the 15th consecutive year with 9,033 students across all campuses as of November’s census date.

    Campus Detail

    Main Campus Address

    1501 Mercer University Dr, Macon, GA 31207, United States