Teacher Education Subject Specific at Mercer University

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

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 Teacher Education Subject Specific section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

Mercer Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The subject specific ed major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education Subject Specific. 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.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of subject specific ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at Mercer are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Teacher Education Subject Specific

If you plan to be a subject specific ed 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
Music Education	3

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Student Counseling
• General Education
• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific ed 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
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Coaches and Scouts	4,970	$45,510

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.