Early Childhood Education at Mercer University
If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Mercer University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.
Mercer Early Childhood Education Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
Mercer Early Childhood Education Rankings
The child development major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. 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.
Child development Student Demographics at Mercer
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Mercer University.
Mercer Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a bachelor's in child development.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 11 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Related Majors
- Teacher Development & Methodology
- Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
- Secondary Education
- Elementary Education
Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into
A degree in child development 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 |
---|---|---|
Preschool Teachers | 14,430 | $30,910 |
Kindergarten Teachers | 4,720 | $54,080 |
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.