Human Resources Development at Mercer University

Every human resources development school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR development program at Mercer University stacks up to those at other schools.

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, 6 of them were human resources development majors.

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

Mercer Human Resources Development Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Development

Mercer Human Resources Development Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR development progam at Mercer compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 development major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resources Development. 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
Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Human Resources Development Schools	33
Most Popular Human Resources Development Schools	50
Most Focused Human Resources Development Schools	53

HR Development Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 6 HR development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Mercer. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 63% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR development 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 HR development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

Careers That HR Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR development 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
Training and Development Specialists	9,600	$64,420

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.