Fast Facts
Accreditation
Prestigious international accreditation by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Regional accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
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Rankings
Mercer Business
No. 3: For the fourth year in a row (2008 – 2011), Mercer's Master of Business Administration program is ranked among the best in the country in the category of "Greatest Opportunity for Women," coming in at No. 3 in the nation. The Princeton Review ranked the programs in this category "based on the percent of students who are female, the percent of faculty who are female and student assessment of resources for female students, how supportive the culture is of female students, whether the business school offers coursework for women entrepreneurs, and whether case study materials for classes proportionately reflect women in business." Read More>
Best 300 Business Schools: Mercer Business is ranked among the Best 300 Business Schools in the 2011 edition of The Princeton Review's guide book. Read More>
Top 15: In 2010, Mercer Business ranked among the top 15 schools in the nation for marketing and accounting by The Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools." MBA students cited Mercer Business's preparation as superior, placing Mercer Business as the only Georgia-based MBA program on the review's marketing and accounting lists. Read More>
Top 25 Percent in World: Mercer Business holds international accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), considered the hallmark of excellence among the nation's top business schools and placing it among the top 25 percent of all business schools in the world. Read More>
Mercer University
Best 376 Colleges: In 2011, The Princeton Review once again named Mercer University one of America's best colleges in the 2012 edition of the book, "The Best 376 Colleges." Only about 15 percent of the 2,500 four-year colleges in America and three colleges outside the U.S.A. were chosen for the book. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Mercer has been featured. Among the specialized ranking lists of "top 20" colleges in various categories that the book compiles, Mercer ranked No. 1> in "Everybody Plays Intramural Sports" and No. 2> in "Future Rotarians." Read More>.
No. 4: In 2010, Mercer University ranked No. 4 in the South for "Great Schools, Great Prices," by the U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of comprehensive universities in the South. Read More>
No.8: In 2010, for the 12th consecutive year, Mercer University made the Top 10 in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of comprehensive universities in the South. Mercer ranked No. 8 in the South in the 2010 "Best Regional Universities" category. Read More>
Class Characteristics
The BBA Residential program on the Macon Campus enrolls over 300 undergraduate students.
- Composed of approximately 60% male and 40% female
The BBA Degree Completion program on the Atlanta Campus and Douglas County Regional Academic Center enrolls over 200 students.
- Composed of approximately 30% male and 70% female
The Executive MBA program on the Atlanta Campus enrolls over 20 students with an average age of 43 and 19 years of experience
- Composed of approximately 60% male and 40% female
The Flexible Evening MBA program on the Atlanta Campus enrolls over 180 students with an average age of 30 and six years of work experience.
- Composed of approximately 60% male and 40% female
The Flexible Evening MBA program on the Macon Campus enrolls over 50 students.
- Composed of approximately 70% male and 30% female
The One-Year Daytime MBA (2011) on the Atlanta Campus enrolls over 25 students with an average age of 25 and 3 years of work experience.
- Composed of approximately 40% male and 60% female
The Professional MBA program at the Newnan Regional Academic Center enrolls over 25 students with an average age of 37 and over 12 years of experience.
- Composed of approximately 40% male and 60% female
The Virtual Professional MBA offered from the Atlanta, Macon and Savannah Campuses enrolls over 25 students with an average age of 36 and over 12 years of experience.
- Composed of approximately 50% male and 50% female
The MAcc program on the Atlanta Campus enrolls over 40 students with an average age of 30 and over five years of experience.
- Composed of approximately 35% male and 65% female