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General Psychology at Mercer University

General Psychology at Mercer University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology 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.

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

Mercer General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Mercer General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 37
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General Psychology 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
General Psychology 53

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers 14,480 $118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,100 $89,190
Psychology Professors 420 $75,850
Psychologists 300 $95,940

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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