Mercer University

Mercer University is an independent, private university located in Macon, Georgia. The university was originally founded in Penfield, Georgia in 1833, but was later moved to Macon in 1871. The school was named after Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist leader who provided a founding endowment and who served as the first chairman of the school's Board of Trustees.

From its humble beginnings in Penfield, Mercer today is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education led by President William D. Underwood. The University has 7,700 students, and is the only university of its size in the United States to offer 11 diversified fields of study: liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies. Mercer also has major campuses in Macon and Atlanta; four regional academic centers across the state; a university press; two teaching hospitals; educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta; an engineering research center in Warner Robins; a performing arts center in Macon; and is the only private university in Georgia with a NCAA Division I athletic program.

Its reputation for exceptional academics in an engaged learning environment continues to grow. For almost two decades, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Mercer among the leading universities in the South. The Princeton Review repeatedly ranks it in the top 10 percent of all colleges and universities in North America. The University has been named a “College with a Conscience” by The Princeton Review and College Compact and has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for distinguished community service.