General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Mercer University

If you are interested in studying general human resources management/personnel administration, you may want to check out the program at Mercer University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 8,740 students attend the school each year. Of the 230 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in 2019, 34 of them were general human resources management/personnel administration majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

Mercer General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

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

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 HR management major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration. 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 General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Most Popular General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	130
Best General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	165
Most Focused General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	265

HR Management Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 34 HR management majors earned their bachelor's degree from Mercer. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical HR management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 43% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR management 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 management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mercer also has a doctoral program available in HR management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resources Development

Careers That HR Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR management 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

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