University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan, a large city, with 2,438 undergraduates. Health professions and biology are its signature fields: together they make up 63% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times their share across the colleges we cover. 67% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $71,030 ten years after starting.
University of Detroit Mercy admitted 4,608 of 5,750 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (80.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 80.1%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $32,946
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $15,232
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 22–28
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Detroit Mercy is known for
Measured by the 632 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
39.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Biology
23.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 7.4% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing20832.9% of degrees$81,602−8% vs $88,910 nationally
- Biology14122.3% of degrees$91,888+61% vs $57,214 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations487.6% of degrees$89,540+31% vs $68,257 nationally
- Architectural Sciences and Technology375.9% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions304.7% of degrees$63,364−7% vs $68,061 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering162.5% of degrees$104,683+14% vs $92,135 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Detroit, MI
Undergraduates
2,438
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Doctoral and professional university
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
12 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
8%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
80.1%
4,608 admitted of 5,750 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 510–630Math 510–630
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
22–28
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
50%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
10%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of Detroit Mercy?
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What University of Detroit Mercy costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $32,946, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $42,211. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $15,232 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$32,946
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$42,211
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$15,232
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $42,211 full cost.
- Under $30k$13,088Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$11,290Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,173Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,584Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$21,691Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
67%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$71,030
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of Detroit Mercy says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJune 15, 2027
Verified July 29, 2026 · Source
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Other colleges in Michigan
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Lawrence Technological University80.2%
- Ferris State University80.6%
- Kettering University79.1%
- Albion College83.2%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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