Human Resource Management at Mercer University

If you plan to study human resource management, 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 257 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in 2021, 37 of them were human resource management majors.

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

Mercer Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Mercer Human Resource Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. 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
	74
	144
	252
	424

How Much Do HR Graduates from Mercer Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercer is $44,179. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 HR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercer, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

If you plan to be a HR major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mercer University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	23
Human Resources Development	14

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	21,060	$60,230
Training and Development Specialists	9,600	$64,420
Human Resources Managers	5,240	$126,650
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,810	$64,870
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670

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.