Elementary Education at Mercer University

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what Mercer University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Mercer Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Mercer Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Early Childhood Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary Education

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	53,940	$56,360

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.