General Social Sciences at Mercer University

What traits are you looking for in a social sciences school? To help you decide if Mercer University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social sciences program.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in social sciences.

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

Mercer General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Mercer

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mercer offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Mercer General Social Sciences Rankings

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer General Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in social sciences each year. Mercer does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 43% more men than average.

In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Social Science Research Assistants	2,210	$52,880
Social Scientists	2,060	$86,810
Statisticians	920	$92,800

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.