About 25.5 percent of the 737 degrees and certificates handed out by Mercyhurst University in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Erie conferred 143 bachelor’s degrees and 42 master’s degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor’s degree in general intelligence. Data shows the school gave out 69 bachelor’s degrees in general intelligence, followed by 42 master’s degrees in organizational leadership and 34 master’s degrees in general intelligence.
The university enrolled 2,685 students for 2017-18, including 2,381 in undergraduate programs and 304 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organizational Leadership | – | 42 | 3 | 45 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 31 | – | – | 31 | |
| Accounting | 20 | – | – | 20 | |
| Fashion Merchandising | 20 | – | – | 20 | |
| Finance, General | 16 | – | – | 16 | |
| Marketing, Other | 16 | – | – | 16 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Marketing Research | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 143 | 42 | 3 | 188 | 25.5 |
| Intelligence, General | 69 | 34 | 13 | 116 | |
| Military Technologies and Applied Sciences total | 69 | 34 | 13 | 116 | 15.7 |
| Public Health, General | 24 | – | – | 24 | |
| Physician Assistant | – | 24 | – | 24 | |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 12 | – | – | 12 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Music Therapy/Therapist | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Art Therapy/Therapist | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 65 | 24 | – | 89 | 12.1 |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | – | 24 | – | 24 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | 18 | – | 18 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
| Music Teacher Education | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Business Teacher Education | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Chemistry Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Biology Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs | – | – | – | – | |
| French Language Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism | – | – | – | – | |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education total | 21 | 42 | – | 63 | 8.6 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | 34 | – | – | 34 | |
| Forensic Science and Technology | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 44 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 6.5 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 34 | – | – | 34 | |
| Exercise Physiology | 6 | – | – | 6 | |
| Biochemistry | 6 | – | – | 6 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 46 | – | – | 46 | 6.2 |
| Dance, General | 14 | – | – | 14 | |
| Graphic Design | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Interior Design | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Music, General | 6 | – | – | 6 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management | – | – | – | – | |
| Music Performance, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 38 | – | – | 38 | 5.2 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 18 | – | – | 18 | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Sustainability Studies | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 22 | 14 | – | 36 | 4.9 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 12 | – | – | 12 | |
| Physical and Biological Anthropology | – | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Anthropology | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Sociology | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Archeology | – | – | – | – | |
| Social Sciences total | 21 | 9 | – | 30 | 4.1 |
| Psychology, General | 18 | – | – | 18 | |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | – | – | – | – | |
| Psychology total | 18 | – | – | 18 | 2.4 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 11 | – | – | 11 | 1.5 |
| History, General | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| History total | 10 | – | – | 10 | 1.4 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 9 | – | – | 9 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 9 | – | – | 9 | 1.2 |
| Information Technology Project Management | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design | – | – | – | – | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 8 | – | – | 8 | 1.1 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Chemistry, General | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Physics, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Physical Sciences total | 8 | – | – | 8 | 1.1 |
| General Studies | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 7 | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| Social Work | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 4 | – | – | 4 | 0.5 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 3 | – | – | 3 | 0.4 |
| Mathematics, General | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 2 | – | – | 2 | 0.3 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Philosophy | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 2 | – | – | 2 | 0.3 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| French Language and Literature | – | – | – | – | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | – | – | – | – | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Russian Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | – | – | – | – | – |
| Religious Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Theology and Religious Vocations total | – | – | – | – | – |
