Human Resource Management at Mercer University

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at Mercer University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercer.

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

Mercer Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Mercer Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Mercer performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Best Human Resource Management Schools	252
Best Value Human Resource Management Schools	424

Earnings of Mercer HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercer is $44,179. This is 2% higher than $43,491, which is the national average for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of HR bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Mercer are white. This is above average 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 HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mercer also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	21,060	$60,230
Training and Development Specialists	9,600	$64,420
Human Resources Managers	5,240	$126,650
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,810	$64,870
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670

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.