Mercer University, located in Georgia, is a private not-for-profit institution founded in 1833 in Macon. In 1959 they expanded to include a campus in Atlanta. Mercer's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing is the oldest nursing program in Georgia, providing education for pre-licensure and advanced nursing students since 1902.
Mercer's student to faculty ratio is 13:1, and 96% of faculty members are full-time, ensuring quality interaction between students and professors.
Mercer's Approach to Education
1. Liberal Learning
Liberal learning at Mercer engages undergraduate students in research and scholarship, emphasizes leadership and service, offers students cutting-edge interdisciplinary programs of study, and provides intensive preparation for the professions.
2. Professional Knowledge
Whether it is preparing undergraduate liberal arts students for advanced study or a career or educating future ministers, performing artists, attorneys, entrepreneurs, engineers, educators, physicians and other health care practitioners through its professional schools and colleges, Mercer offers a comprehensive set of educational options.
3. Discovery
A Mercer distinctive is the interdisciplinary nature of research that promotes collaboration across schools and colleges. This kind of integrative research is critical to solving the world's most pressing challenges.
4. Service to Humankind
The University was a pioneer in service-learning, integrating volunteering and curricula long before the term came into vogue and was embraced by many other institutions. Service to humankind remains ingrained in the Mercer culture.
5. Community
Community has meaning on two levels at Mercer - internal and external - and in both the University excels. Students, faculty and staff relate to one another in an environment that inspires collaboration, support and respect. The external community - cities and neighborhoods where students, faculty and staff live and serve - is also important at Mercer, which invests in areas near and far from campus.