Macon Times

About 27.7 percent of the 2,512 degrees and certificates handed out by Mercer University in 2017-18 were to students in health professions and related programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Macon conferred 322 doctor's degrees and 204 bachelor's degrees in health professions and related programs.

But the single most popular program was for a master's degree in general business/commerce. Data shows the school gave out 170 master's degrees in general business/commerce, followed by 161 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse and 157 doctor's degrees in pharmacy.

The university enrolled 8,740 students for 2017-18, including 4,797 in undergraduate programs and 3,943 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	161	-	-	161
Pharmacy	-	157	-	157
Medicine	-	103	-	103
Public Health, General	7	61	-	68
Physician Assistant	-	47	-	47
Physical Therapy/Therapist	-	39	-	39
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-	26	-	26
International Public Health/International Health	23	-	-	23
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	-	16	1	17
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	-	15	-	15
Pharmaceutical Sciences	-	14	-	14
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	9	-	-	9
Nursing Science	-	6	-	6
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	4	-	-	4
Nursing Practice	-	3	-	3
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	-	3	-	3
Health Professions and Related Programs total	204	490	1	695	27.7
Business/Commerce, General	51	170	-	221
Accounting	28	42	-	70
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	32	-	-	32
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	26	-	-	26
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	22	1	-	23
Finance, General	19	-	-	19
International Business/Trade/Commerce	13	-	-	13
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	-	11	-	11
Human Resources Development	11	-	-	11
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	4	-	-	4
Management Information Systems, General	1	-	-	1
Business Administration and Management, General	-	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	207	224	-	431	17.2
Elementary Education and Teaching	45	71	13	129
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	62	12	74
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	8	25	-	33
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	27	-	27
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	20	1	21
Curriculum and Instruction	-	21	-	21
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	17	-	-	17
Education, General	-	-	6	6
Music Teacher Education	2	-	-	2
Reading Teacher Education	-	2	-	2
Education total	72	228	32	332	13.2
Engineering, General	144	-	-	144
Engineering, Other	-	13	-	13
Computer Software Engineering	-	11	-	11
Computer Engineering, General	-	9	-	9
Mechanical Engineering	-	9	-	9
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	7	-	7
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	7	-	7
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	3	-	3
Engineering total	144	59	-	203	8.1
Counseling Psychology	-	85	-	85
Psychology, General	68	-	-	68
Clinical Psychology	-	17	-	17
Psychology total	68	102	-	170	6.8
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	70	-	-	70
Biomedical Sciences, General	-	40	-	40
Biochemistry	12	-	-	12
Neuroscience	9	-	-	9
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	91	40	-	131	5.2
Law	-	120	-	120
Legal Studies, General	7	-	-	7
Legal Professions and Studies total	7	120	-	127	5.1
Social Sciences, General	15	6	7	28
Economics, General	15	-	-	15
Political Science and Government, General	12	-	-	12
Criminology	8	-	-	8
Sociology	5	-	-	5
International Relations and Affairs	4	-	-	4
Anthropology	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences total	59	6	7	72	2.9
Human Services, General	39	9	-	48
International Policy Analysis	1	-	-	1
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	40	9	-	49	2
Informatics	14	-	-	14
Computer Science	14	-	-	14
Information Science/Studies	10	-	-	10
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other	-	4	-	4
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	2	-	-	2
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	40	4	-	44	1.8
Divinity/Ministry	-	42	-	42
Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other	-	-	1	1
Religious/Sacred Music	-	-	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations total	-	42	1	43	1.7
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	22	-	-	22
Journalism	10	-	-	10
Technical and Scientific Communication	5	-	-	5
Mass Communication/Media Studies	2	-	-	2
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	39	-	-	39	1.6
Music Performance, General	10	4	-	14
Music, General	8	-	-	8
Graphic Design	5	-	-	5
Art/Art Studies, General	4	-	-	4
Conducting	-	2	-	2
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	2	-	-	2
Keyboard Instruments	-	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	29	6	-	35	1.4
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	20	2	-	22
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	4	-	-	4
Homeland Security	-	-	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	24	2	-	26	1
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	26	-	-	26
General Studies	-	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	26	-	-	26	1
Spanish Language and Literature	16	-	-	16
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	2	-	-	2
Latin Language and Literature	2	-	-	2
French Language and Literature	2	-	-	2
German Language and Literature	-	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	22	-	-	22	0.9
Chemistry, Other	12	-	-	12
Chemistry, General	10	-	-	10
Physics, General	-	-	-	-
Physical Sciences total	22	-	-	22	0.9
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	11	-	11
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	-	11	-	11	0.4
English Language and Literature, General	9	-	-	9
Creative Writing	-	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters total	9	-	-	9	0.4
Mathematics, General	9	-	-	9
Mathematics and Statistics total	9	-	-	9	0.4
Philosophy, Other	3	-	-	3
Philosophy	2	-	-	2
Christian Studies	2	-	-	2
Religion/Religious Studies	-	-	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	7	-	-	7	0.3
History, General	6	-	-	6
History total	6	-	-	6	0.2
Women's Studies	2	-	-	2
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)	1	-	-	1
African-American/Black Studies	-	-	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	3	-	-	3	0.1
Environmental Studies	-	-	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation total	-	-	-	-	-