Awards & Distinctions
Achieved "top tier" placement in Best Universities-Master's, North Region, in U.S.News & World Report's 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges."
Named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll third year in a row. The distinction is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement.
Winner of the 2008 WQLN Collegiate Challenge, which pits area colleges against each other in a friendly fundraiser in support of public broadcasting.
Achieved leadership level recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, which recognizes organizations making a significant commitment to renewable energy initiatives.
Second largest of the four-year Mercy colleges in the country.
Home to the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies, the world's largest full-time academic enterprise educating intelligence analysts for government and the private sector.
Home to the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, the only division-level program of its kind in North America.
