Mercer University
| Mercer University was founded in 1833 in Penfield by Georgia Baptists. The school, under the leadership of Baptist minister and spiritual father Adiel Sherwood, was named for Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist leader and the first chair of the Mercer Board of Trustees. |
| Undergraduate Degrees | |
| Bachelor of Music in Performance | The Bachelor of Music in Performance is uniquely designed to allow students to develop highly specialized skills and knowledge for a professional career in music performance |
| Bachelor of Music Education | The Bachelor of Music Education provides undergraduate professional training for students intending careers in elementary through secondary school teaching of music |
| Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies | The Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies is uniquely designed to allow students to develop highly specialized technical skills and knowledge for an instrument or voice. Excellence as performers is the School’s goal for students majoring in this degree |
| Bachelor of Arts in Music | The B.A. in Music is designed to prepare students to pursue music within the context of a liberal arts program. |
Graduate Studies | |
| Master of Music in Performance | The Master of Music degree in Performance is designed for exceptional musicians who have completed an undergraduate degree in music and wish to pursue intensive graduate studies in performance (voice, piano, organ, or instrument |
| Master of Music in Collaborative Piano | The Master of Music in Collaborative Piano (MMCP), offered by Townsend School of Music, is intended to allow talented pianists, who have completed an undergraduate degree in music to enter an intense period of graduate, professional study that will prepare them for a career in collaborative piano |
| Master of Music in Conducting | The Master of Music in Conducting for Choral or Instrumental is designed for exceptional musicians who have completed an undergraduate degree in music and wish to pursue intensive graduate studies in choral or instrumental conducting. |
| Master of Music in Church Music | The Master of Music in Church Music is intended to allow talented persons, who have completed an undergraduate degree in music, to enter an intense period of graduate, professional study that will prepare them for the practice of church music ministry |