Accounting at Mercer University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Mercer University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and has a total student population of 9,006.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Mercer

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mercer does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Mercer Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Accounting Student Demographics at Mercer

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Mercer University.

Mercer Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Mercer are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mercer Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Credit Analysts	2,320	$70,040
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	2,020	$50,490
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Budget Analysts	1,730	$70,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Korea2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.