Our Students
students
9th: 77
10th: 113
11th: 122
12th: 133 (includes 14 PGs)
85% boarding (378), 15% day (67)
51% boys, 49% girls
53 legacy (12%), 83 sibling (19%)
Students reside in 27 states and D.C. and are citizens of 39 countries
33% domestic students of color
21% international students
Faculty and Staff
student-to-faculty ratio
101 faculty members
73 faculty have a master’s degree and 5 hold doctorates
Average faculty tenure: 12 years
Longest faculty tenure: 42 years
14 endowed chairs, 2 endowed teaching awards, 1 endowed sabbatical program
144 staff members
Mercersburg Experience
academic courses
2 senior capstone options: Springboard and Mercersburg’s Advanced Program for Global Studies (MAPS)
Average class size: 10
Approximately 100 students participate in domestic or international travel programs every year
Exchange programs in 2 countries (Chile and Germany)
300-acre campus
27 varsity sports; 85% of students participate in at least one athletic season
4 vocal ensembles, 3 instrumental ensembles, 4 theatre productions, 3 dance concerts and showcases
4 Mercersburg Outdoor Education programs (Climbing, Downhill Skiing/Snowboarding, Rivers and Trails, Ski Mountaineering)
41 student clubs and organizations
3 endowed lecture series (past speakers include Angie Thomas, Jeremy Schaap, Robert Sapolsky, Billy Collins, and Tiffany Shlain)
1 faculty adviser assigned to each student; adviser groups meet weekly and individual adviser meetings occur at least once a term
A residential and student life program focused on character development and social-emotional learning
Access and Affordability
of students receive financial aid
2020-2021 boarding student tuition: $62,350 (tuition, room, and board)
2020-2021 day student tuition: $36,950
50% of students receive need- or merit-based financial aid
Financial aid awarded: $8.2 million
3 merit scholarships and 5 endowed named scholarships among various financial aid awards
After Mercersburg
- of seniors who applied were accepted to a Barron’s ‘Most Competitive’ or ‘Highly Competitive’ college or university
25:1 senior-to-college-counselor ratio; counselor assigned in student’s year of entry
Professional personalized SAT and ACT prep/tutoring program (included with tuition)
70% of Class of 2020 accepted at U.S. News & World Report’s Top 50 National Universities or Top 50 Liberal Arts Colleges
19 recruited college athletes (NCAA Divisions I, II, III) from the Class of 2020
38 students from the classes of 2016-2020 matriculated to a U.S. military service academy
12,000 alumni live in 54 states/U.S. territories and 94 countries
3 Medal of Honor recipients, 7 Rhodes Scholars, 1 Nobel laureate, 54 Olympians (12 gold medalists), 2 Academy Award winners, 2 Golden Globe winners, 1 Emmy award winner, numerous Fulbright Scholars
Financial Strength
million
endowment
$295 million endowment (as of June 2020); approximately $663,000 endowment/student
$16,792,277 in total giving in fiscal year 2019-2020
2019-2020 Annual Fund: $3.43 million; donors: 2,076 alumni, 227 current parents, 684 friends
Operating budget: $34 million
Updated October 2020