Mercer University Doctorate in Education

24 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Education is a program of study at Mercer University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in education, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Education from Mercer Cost?

$15,264 Average Tuition and Fees

Mercer Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Mercer paid an average of $831 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 graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$14,964	$14,964
Fees	$300	$300

Does Mercer Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

Mercer does not offer an online option for its education doctor’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 Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

24 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

79.2% Women

37.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 24 doctor’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 79.2% of the education students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 68.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.5% of the education doctor’s degrees at Mercer in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at Mercer

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	17
Educational Administration	7

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.