How has Mount Mercy University changed over time?

Multi-year trends in admissions, enrollment, test scores, and cost. Every chart is labeled with its data source and the years it covers — no smoothing, no mixing sources.

Admission rate

Admission rate rose from 70% (2010) to 83% (2024).

Applicants and students admitted

Applicants rose from 376 (2010) to 1,041 (2024).

Enrollment

Total enrollment fell from 1,643 (2010) to 1,417 (2024).

SAT mid-50% range

Not enough history yet

Mount Mercy University doesn't have enough years of comparable SAT data to chart. Many schools stopped reporting scores after going test-optional.

ACT mid-50% range

ACT mid-50% range moved from 20–24 (2008) to 18–24 (2022).

Cost

In-state tuition rose from $24,360 (2011) to $42,772 (2025).

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Data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education) and school Common Data Set filings; each chart names the source its series comes from. Most recent data year: 2025. Last updated October 19, 2026.