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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Mercer.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Mercer performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	596
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	623

Earnings of Mercer Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercer is $27,745. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Mercer. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Korea2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.