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Former names | Detroit College (1877–1911) University of Detroit (1911–1990) Mercy College of Detroit (1941–1990) |
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Motto | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (Latin) Maria, Sedes Sapientiae (Latin) |
Motto in English | For the greater glory of God; Mary, Seat of Wisdom |
Type | Private university |
Established | 1877 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit / Sisters of Mercy) |
Academic affiliations | AJCU, ACCU, NAICU |
Endowment | $100 million (2024) [1] |
President | Donald B. Taylor |
Academic staff | 326 full-time, 310 part-time |
Students | 5,360 (Fall 2022) [2] |
Undergraduates | 2,322 |
Postgraduates | 2,204 |
Other students | 834 (non-degree seeking) |
Location | Detroit, Michigan , |
Campus | Urban, 91 acres (36.8 ha)
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Colors | Blue, red, white [3] |
Nickname | Titans |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I: Horizon League, NEC, MAC, Central Collegiate Fencing Conference |
Mascot | Tommy Titan |
Website | www |
The University of Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is sponsored by both the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. The university was founded in 1877 and is the largest Catholic university in Michigan. It has four campuses where it offers more than 100 academic degree programs.
In athletics, the university sponsors 17 NCAA Division I sports for men and women. It is a member of the Horizon League.
University of Detroit Mercy's origin dates back to 1877 with the founding of Detroit College near Detroit's downtown, by the Society of Jesus, under the leadership of John Baptist Miège, S.J. The college became the University of Detroit in 1911, [4] [5] and in 1927 John P. McNichols, the then-president of the University of Detroit, established a second campus that ended up being known by its Spanish architecture and large elm trees. In 1941, the Sisters of Mercy opened Mercy College of Detroit. Both schools saw a great deal of success and developed many distinguished alumni.
Notable alumni include political and business leaders such as U.S. senator Gary Peters and former Ford COO Jim Padilla, both from the University of Detroit. In 1990, despite some opposition, these two institutions consolidated to become University of Detroit Mercy. Since the merger, the university has produced the likes of actor Keegan-Michael Key and news anchor Allison Payne.
The school appointed Donald Taylor as its 26th president in July 2022. [6]
The University of Detroit Mercy comprises seven colleges and schools: School of Architecture and Community Development, College of Business Administration, School of Dentistry, College of Engineering & Science, College of Health Professions/McAuley School of Nursing, School of Law, and the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences.
Aside from Detroit Mercy's own campuses, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs at Macomb University Center [7] in Clinton Township, Michigan. Detroit Mercy has also partnered with Aquinas College and St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan to offer a Nursing prelicensure program. [8]
A former campus at 8200 West Outer Drive in Detroit was home to Mercy College of Detroit from 1941 until consolidation in 1990. [9] As part of University of Detroit Mercy, the Outer Drive Campus hosted Detroit Mercy's Dentistry Clinic starting in 1997. [10] The college agreed to sell the Outer Drive Campus to WCCCD in 2003, [11] and the Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and Clinic moved to the Corktown Campus in January 2008. [12]
The university has three campuses in the city of Detroit and one in Novi, northwest of Detroit.
The campus is at 4001 W. McNichols Road, on the southeast corner of McNichols Road and Livernois Avenue, in northwest Detroit (near the University District, Pilgrim Village and Palmer Woods neighborhoods). The majority of the university's undergraduate and graduate programs are offered on this campus, as well as the university's main administration and athletic facilities like Calihan Hall. It is also the location of all six student residence halls.
The campus is home to the School of Law in downtown Detroit at 651 East Jefferson (across from the Renaissance Center).
The campus is at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, has housed the School of Dentistry and Dental Clinic since 2008.
This campus, located at 41555 West 12 Mile Road, serves as a dedicated educational hub for nursing students and also houses the Detroit Mercy Eye Institute.
Detroit Mercy's most popular undergraduate majors, in terms of 2021 graduates were Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Biology/Biological Sciences, Business Administration & Management, Architectural and Building Sciences, Dental Hygiene/Hygienist, Mechanical Engineering. [13]
The Black Abolitionist Archive is a digital collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum African Americans including 14,000 documents, an extensive microfilm library, a clipping file, a library of scholarly books, articles, and dissertations providing a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement. [14] Dr. James O. Horton of the Smithsonian Institution’s Afro-American Communities Project has called it “the most extensive primary source collection on antebellum black activism.” [14]
The Padre Guadalupe Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) contains a collection of Spanish and English books, human rights reports, independent newspapers and newsletters, and social justice papers representing more than 25 years of work by individuals and organizations working in solidarity to aid the people of Latin America. [15]
The Center for Social Entrepreneurship works to develop the capacity of Detroit enterprises that have a social mission, meaning in addition to regular business goals, they aspire to create social good within their community. The center's main service is the CSE Boost Program, which is an in-person workshop for early-stage social organizations. [16]
The School of Dentistry provides several dental and specialty clinics to the community, including a mobile clinic based in a customized RV. Because the clinics are student clinical programs (where student doctors provide treatment under the supervision of licensed faculty dentists), services can be offered at a reduced cost. [17]
The Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit architecture and urban design firm in the School of Architecture. [18]
The Institute for North Korean Studies (INKS) is a United States–based non-partisan, non-proprietary research center founded at the College of Business Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy in April 2004. INKS is distinguished as the first research center in the United States or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea. INKS organizes seminars and publishes research and monographs in collaboration with McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers. The international and interdisciplinary academic journal of the center is North Korean Review . [19]
In 1965 University of Detroit's Urban Law Clinic was one of the first in the country.[ citation needed ] It is one of the few law schools in the country requiring a practicum course for all students.[ citation needed ] It has received numerous awards, most recently the ABA Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access with Meritorious Recognition in 2012 and the ABA Law Student Division's Judy M. Weightman Memorial Public Interest Award in 2006. [20]
Courses selected for the clinic component bring students in contact with the disadvantaged and disenfranchised, giving all law students at Detroit Mercy first-hand experience of social problems relevant to their specialization. In 2003 the clinic acquired a 28-foot-long mobile law office, perhaps the first such facility in the country. [21] In 2012 a downtown building was purchased and renovated for the clinic, bringing the clinic closer to the court buildings. [22] At that time the clinic courses served over 1000 clients a year. [23]
Detroit Mercy Law students must take one regular, semester-long "clinic" course that places them in contact with the underrepresented in an area of their choice, with options covering most specializations. The courses provide them with the skills and knowledge requisite for their clinical work, together with guided reflection and individual contact with the professor, including a comprehensive final interview. [24]
The clinic courses offered at Detroit Mercy, all of which fulfill the student requirement, are:
For 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Detroit Mercy tied for #202 in National Universities, #40 in Best Value Schools, #196-212 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate, tied for #172 in Nursing, tied for #209 in Top Performers on Social Mobility, and as having the #141 law school out of 196 law schools. [29] The 2025 The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings put Detroit Mercy at #43 in the nation and #2 in Michigan. Detroit Mercy also ranked at #35 in social mobility, #44 in best salaries, and #91 in best value. [30] [31]
Detroit Mercy is considered "selective" by U.S. News & World Report. [32] For the Class of 2025 (enrolling fall 2021), Detroit Mercy received 4,435 applications and accepted 4,135 (93.2%), with 565 enrolling. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolling freshmen was 1063–1250. The middle 50% ACT composite score range was 22–29. [33]
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
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Applicants | 4435 | 3985 | 4358 | 3760 | 4301 | 4542 |
Admits | 4135 | 3168 | 3377 | 3120 | 2783 | 3561 |
Admit rate | 93.2 | 79.5 | 77.5 | 83.0 | 64.7 | 78.4 |
Enrolled | 565 | 419 | 530 | 583 | 550 | 532 |
Yield rate | 13.7 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 14.9 |
ACT composite* (out of 36) | 22-29 (12%†) | 22-27 (20%†) | 21-28 (24%†) | 21-27 (30%†) | 22-27 (41%†) | 22-27 (92%†) |
SAT composite* (out of 1600) | 1063–1250 (45%†) | 1060–1245 (74%†) | 1060–1230 (71%†) | 1050–1250 (66%†) | -- | -- |
* middle 50% range † percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit |
Undergraduate admissions statistics | |
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Admit rate | 93.2 ( +14.8) |
Yield rate | 13.7 ( −1.2) |
Test scores middle 50% | |
SAT Total | 1063–1250 (among 45% of FTFs) |
ACT Composite | 22–29 (among 12% of FTFs) |
For Fall 2022, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law received 955 applications and accepted 536 (56.13%). Of those accepted, 209 enrolled, a yield rate of 38.99%. The School of Law had a middle-50% LSAT range of 150-157 with an average of 154 and an average GPA of 3.39 for the 2022 first year class. [39]
Fraternities and sororities (in alphabetical order)
The University of Detroit Mercy sponsors 17 NCAA Division I-level varsity sports teams. Men's and women's Detroit Mercy Titans teams compete in each sport in the Horizon League. The sports on campus include Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing (Central Collegiate Fencing Conference), Golf, Lacrosse (men's: Northeast Conference; women's: Mid-American Conference), Soccer, Softball (women's team only), Track and Field (indoor), and Track and Field (outdoor).
The University also sponsors 12 intramural sports during the academic year and five club sports (men's and women's volleyball, esports, co-ed badminton, and co-ed tennis.
Detroit Mercy's most recent league championship came in 2019, when the women's softball team won the Horizon League Championship. [40] In 2014, both the women's golf team and men's cross country team earned Horizon League titles for the second straight season. The men's lacrosse team won the MAAC Championship in 2013.
The men's basketball team has consistently contended for the Horizon League title. Mark Montgomery was hired as the 23rd head coach in men's basketball program history on April 3, 2024. Montgomery joins the Titans after spending 13 years in two stints as an assistant coach under legendary coach Tom Izzo at Michigan State, where he also played. An Inkster, Michigan native, Montgomery was an assistant coach at UDM for the end of the 2020-21 season, in which time the Titans went 11-3 down the stretch.
Mike Davis coached the Titans from 2017 to 2024. [41] He led Indiana University to the 2002 NCAA Championship game. During his time with the Titans, he mentored his son Antoine Davis, who broke the NCAA Division I record for 3-pointers made in a career and finished second all-time in career scoring with 3,664 points, three points behind Pete Maravich's mark. He was a five-time First Team All-Horizon League player.
Ray McCallum coached the Detroit Mercy men's basketball team from 2008 to 2016. [42] He led the Titans to the Horizon League Championship and an NCAA tournament appearance during the 2011–12 season. [42] McCallum's predecessor, Perry Watson, led a successful program at Detroit's Southwestern High School before coming to Detroit Mercy after some years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan and maintained strong recruiting ties within the city's public league. Watson guided Detroit Mercy to 10 winning seasons, three league titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT Final Four during his 15 years with Detroit Mercy. [43] The Titans' two NCAA appearances also included victories over St. John's and UCLA. Between 1997–98 and 2000–01, the Titans had four straight 20-victory seasons. [44]
Dick Vitale, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the University of Detroit men's basketball head coach for four seasons (1973–1977) before becoming the school's Athletics Director for 1977–78. [45] The following year he left to coach the Detroit Pistons. [46] In his final year as a college head coach in 1977, Vitale led the Titans to a school record 25 victories and the Round of 16 in the 1977 NCAA tournament before losing to Michigan, 86–81. [45] Vitale ended up with a 78–30 career record as head coach of the Titans. [45] Vitale went on to coach the Detroit Pistons before beginning his broadcasting career with ESPN in 1979 and was the color commentator for the first college basketball game carried by the new network. As its lead college basketball analyst, he helped make the network an integral part of the game's popularity. An author of six books chronicling his love affair with basketball, Vitale received the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award (1998), won the NABC Cliff Wells Appreciation Award in 2000 and was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. [47] In 2011, Detroit Mercy named its basketball court at Calihan Hall in his honor. [48]
Highlights from the Detroit Mercy Titans men's and women's basketball teams include appearances in the 2011–12 postseason. The women's basketball team participated in the WNIT Tournament for the first time ever and finished with its first 20-win season (20–14) since 1997, when the team made its only NCAA Tournament appearance. The men's basketball team captured the 2011-12 Horizon League Championship and reached the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in its history and first since 1999. [49]
Detroit Mercy has been a host institution for several NCAA Tournament men's basketball games. The university hosted the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional and 2009 NCAA Final Four, played at Ford Field, as well as the 2018 NCAA First and Second Round games, played at Little Caesar's Arena. In 2021, Detroit Mercy and Oakland University teamed up to co-host the 2021 NCAA First and Second Round games. [50] The two schools combined to host the 2024 NCAA Midwest Regional, also at Little Caesars Arena.
All home basketball games feature the Titan Pep Band, Dance Team and Cheerleading Team.
Detroit Titans football was played from 1896 to 1964. The team staked a claim to college football's national championship with a 9–0 record in 1928. [51] Gus Dorais, coach of the Titans from 1925 to 1942, was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. There is a plaque dedicated to him at the entrance of Calihan Hall. [51] He also coached the NFL's Detroit Lions. [52]
University of Detroit Mercy and its predecessor institutions have graduated or employed many notable people over the years.
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The Detroit Mercy Titans are the athletic teams of University of Detroit Mercy. The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The school primarily competes in the Horizon League, but competes in other conferences for fencing and lacrosse, sports not sponsored for either men or women by the Horizon League. Fencing, a co-ed sport, competes in the Midwest Fencing Conference. Men's lacrosse moved from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the ASUN Conference in July 2021. Women's lacrosse joined the Mid-American Conference for that league's first women's lacrosse season in 2021.
Calihan Hall is a 7,917-seat multi-purpose arena in Detroit. It is home to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team. The arena opened in 1952. The building was dedicated on May 25, 1952, as the Memorial Building. The first basketball game was played on December 2 of that year when the Titans defeated Kalamazoo College, 75–61. In 1977, the name was changed to Calihan Hall in honor of Bob Calihan, the Titans' first basketball All-American who went on to become the school's winningest coach.
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The Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, and competes in NCAA Division I men's basketball as a member of the Horizon League. Traditionally, the Titans have been a fair "mid-major" program, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 1977 and to the Round of 32 in 1998 and 1999. The Titans have appeared in the NCAA Tournament six times, most recently in 2012. The Titans are currently coached by Mark Montgomery, who was hired on April 3, 2024. The Titans play their home games at Calihan Hall on the school's McNichols Campus.
John Eddie Long is an American former professional basketball player.
The Detroit Mercy Titans women's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, and competes in NCAA Division I women's basketball as a member of the Horizon League.
The Detroit Mercy Titans men's soccer program represents the University of Detroit Mercy in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1987, the Titans compete in the Horizon League. The Titans Coach is Nate Kopunek, who joined the team on March 6, 2023, replacing Coach Deren. Titans plays their home matches at Titan Field, on the Detroit Mercy campus.
The 1976–77 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played at Calihan Hall in Detroit.
The 2018–19 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by first-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at Calihan Hall as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 11–20 overall, 8–10 in Horizon League play, ending in a 3-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Horizon League tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to eventual tournament champion Northern Kentucky,
The 2019–20 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by second-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at Calihan Hall in Detroit, Michigan as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 8–23, 6–12 in Horizon League play to finish in ninth place. Due to low APR Scores, the Titans were ineligible for postseason play.
Antoine Davis is an American professional basketball player for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Detroit Mercy Titans. He was twice named the Horizon League Player of the Year, a five-time All-Horizon League First Team selection, and finished his career as NCAA Division I's second all-time leading scorer with 3,664 points and all-time three-point shot maker.
The 2020–21 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by third-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at Calihan Hall in Detroit, Michigan as members of the Horizon League. The Titans finished the season 12–10, 10–6 in Horizon League play, to finish in third place.
The 2022–23 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by fifth-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at Calihan Hall in Detroit, Michigan, as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 13–18, 9–11 in Horizon League play to tie for eighth place. They defeated Purdue Fort Wayne in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.
The 2023–24 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at the Calihan Hall. The Titans started the season losing their first 26 games. The Titans' only win of the season came on February 14, 2024 when they defeated IUPUI 81–66. They finished the season 1–31, 1–19 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They lost to Milwaukee in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament.
The 2024–25 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team represents the University of Detroit Mercy during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by first-year head coach Mark Montgomery, play their home games at Calihan Hall in Detroit, Michigan as members of the Horizon League.