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Religious Studies at Mercer University

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Religious Studies at Mercer University

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion 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, 5 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Mercer.

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

Mercer Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Mercer Religious Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the religion 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 religion major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Studies. 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 Religious Studies Schools 233

Religion Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Mercer are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion 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 religion.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion 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
Philosophy and Religion Professors 360 $77,770
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 130 $51,590

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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