Legal Professions at Mercer University
Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 legal professions majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercer.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.
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Mercer Legal Professions Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions
- Doctorate Degree in Legal Professions
Mercer Legal Professions Rankings
Each year, College Factual ranks legal professions programs across the country. The following shows how Mercer performed in these rankings.
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 legal professions major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. 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 Focused Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools | 106 |
| Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools | 137 |
Legal Professions Student Demographics at Mercer
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Mercer University.
Mercer Legal Professions Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions 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 legal professions.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Mercer also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 125 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Concentrations Within Legal Professions
Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
| Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Law | 125 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 12 |
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Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into
A degree in legal professions 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers | 20,080 | $128,930 |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 9,140 | $54,130 |
| Legal Secretaries | 3,980 | $45,680 |
| Judges, and Magistrates | 1,340 | $108,150 |
| Judicial Law Clerks | 730 | $52,940 |
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.
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