Faculty and Student Demographic Snapshot

Our goal in releasing this information is to be transparent about the composition of the Gwynedd Mercy University campus community. This data is scheduled to be updated each year.

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Demographic Definitions

The dashboard above uses the federal race/ethnicity reporting categories mandated by the Department of Education. The following logic is used to assign individuals to race/ethnicity categories, based on self-reported race/ethnicity identification:

“Unknown/Decline to state” includes anyone whose race/ethnicity is unknown or who has declined to state a race/ethnicity. It also includes students and postdoctoral scholars whose citizenship is unknown.

“International” includes any students or postdoctoral scholars who are known to have international citizenship and are not a US citizen or permanent resident. The “International” category does not include any faculty or staff.

“Hispanic/Latino” includes all individuals who have identified their ethnicity as such, regardless of any other affiliations they have reported. For students, this category is limited to known US citizens and permanent residents.

“Two or more, not Hispanic/Latino” includes individuals who have identified with more than one race and have not identified as “Hispanic/Latino”. For students, this category is limited to known US citizens and permanent residents.

All other groups include the individuals who have selected that category as their single affiliation.

"Gender" — currently, only data on binary are available.

"Faculty" is a status designated by the institution according to the institution's policies. "Faculty" may include staff with academic appointments (instruction, research, public service) and other staff members who are appointed as faculty members. The designation "faculty" is separate from the activities to which the staff members are currently assigned. For example, a president, provost, or librarian may also be appointed as a faculty member. For IPEDS reporting, graduate assistants do not have faculty status. Full-time faculty refers to the faculty members typically counted as full-time employees based on the institution’s definition of full-time employment.