by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Detroit Mercy was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Detroit Mercy is ranked #413 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Detroit Mercy held the #567 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Detroit Mercy is also ranked #7 out of 56 schools in Michigan.
With an acceptance rate of 91%, University of Detroit Mercy is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 63% of students accepted to Detroit Mercy submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 470 and 608.
The student to faculty ratio at Detroit Mercy is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Detroit Mercy is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Detroit Mercy enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Detroit Mercy for first-time, full-time students is 59%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,633 undergraduates at Detroit Mercy with 2,214 being full-time and 419 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,152 | $12,837 | $14,896 | $18,649 | $21,146 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Detroit Mercy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Detroit Mercy, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $6,320 a year. That adds up to $25,280 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Detroit Mercy are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4001 W Mcnichols Rd, Detroit, MI 48221-3038 |
| Phone: | 313-993-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.udmercy.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 313 | $75,063 |
| Law | 175 | NA |
| Dentistry | 162 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 129 | $37,972 |
| General Biology | 121 | $19,882 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 63 | NA |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 58 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 58 | NA |
| Other Engineering | 40 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 35 | $78,552 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,331 students took at least one online class at University of Detroit Mercy. This is a decrease from the 4,121 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,331 | 116 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,121 | 960 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,189 | 114 |
| 2018-2019 | 950 | 93 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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