General Engineering at Mercer University

If you plan to study general engineering, 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. In 2021, 116 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercer.

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

Mercer General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Mercer General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Mercer compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Engineering. 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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	12

How Much Do Engineering Graduates from Mercer Make?

The median salary of engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercer is $62,626. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $61,282 for all engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Engineering Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 116 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from Mercer in 2021, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	77
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Other Engineering

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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.