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Mercer University BA in History

9 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is General History. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

History is a major offered under the history program of study at Mercer University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in history, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the Mercer BA in History

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The history major at Mercer is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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.

Here are some of the other rankings for Mercer.

Ranking TypeRank
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History651
Most Popular Colleges for History754
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History1,080
Most Focused Colleges for History1,221

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in History from Mercer Cost?

$28,995 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Mercer Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at Mercer paid an average of $956 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$28,695$28,695
Fees$300$300
Books and Supplies$1,200$1,200
On Campus Room and Board$13,070$13,070
On Campus Other Expenses$2,778$2,778

Learn more about Mercer tuition and fees.

Does Mercer Offer an Online BA in History?

Mercer does not offer an online option for its history bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mercer Online Learning page.

Mercer Bachelor’s Student Diversity for History

9 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
22.2% Women
22.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 9 bachelor’s degrees in history handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 22.2% of the history students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 42.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.2% of the history bachelor’s degrees at Mercer in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian1
Black or African American1
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White7
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities0

BA in History Focus Areas at Mercer

History students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General History9

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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