QS - Mercer University - Atlanta 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 - Atlanta 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

    3001 Mercer University Drive � Atlanta, GA 30341