Engineering at Mercer University

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

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Mercer Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Mercer

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Mercer does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Mercer Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 62 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercer, about 66% were men and 34% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Mercer, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering 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
Computer Engineering	16
Mechanical Engineering	15
Other Engineering	14
Electrical Engineering	13
Biomedical Engineering	2
Environmental Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Civil Engineers	9,180	$81,110
Industrial Engineers	7,260	$86,220
Computer Network Architects	5,390	$114,240

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.