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Economics at Mercer University

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Economics at Mercer University

If you plan to study economics, 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. Of the 1,298 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in 2021, 17 of them were economics majors.

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

Mercer Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Mercer Economics Rankings

The economics major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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.

Economics Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Economics Bachelor’s Program

24% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The economics program at Mercer awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 76% of these degrees went to men with the other 24% going to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics 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 economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,460 $67,080
Managers 14,480 $118,060
Economists 330 $111,570
Economics Professors 180 $101,590

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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