Accounting at Mercer University

If you are interested in studying accounting, 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 9,006 students attend the school each year.

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

Mercer Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Mercer Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Mercer does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	30

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,130	$40,330
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,850	$46,250

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.