Merrimack College Teaching Programs

Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, Merrimack College is a private not-for-profit institution. North Andover is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Merrimack College?

Contact details for Merrimack are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	315 Turnpike St, North Andover, MA 01845
Phone:	978-837-5000
Website:	www.merrimack.edu

Admission Requirements for Merrimack

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Merrimack?

Merrimack has an acceptance rate of 75%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Can I Afford Merrimack College?

The overall average net price of Merrimack is $44,513. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Merrimack, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $10,784 a year. That adds up to $43,136 over four years for those students.

Merrimack College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,120 undergraduate students at Merrimack, with 3,924 being full-time and 196 being part-time.

There are also 1,332 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,924 full-time undergraduates at Merrimack, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Merrimack College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	152
Hispanic or Latino	319
White	3,087
International Students	76
Other Races/Ethnicities	209

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Merrimack College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at Merrimack. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Merrimack College

In 2022-2023, 1,237 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Merrimack has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Merrimack majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Biology Education	75%
Curriculum & Instruction	34%
Early Childhood Education	10%
English & Language Arts Education	59%
General Educational Leadership & Administration	75%
History Education	60%
Mathematics Education	63%
Science Education	83%
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	6%

Merrimack College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	76	76
Elementary Special Education	0	0	69	69
Teacher Education	55	0	0	55
Elementary Education	0	0	51	51
Early Childhood Education	0	0	31	31
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	0	30	30
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	21	21
English & Language Arts Education	0	0	17	17
Mathematics Education	0	0	16	16
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	16	16
History Education	0	0	15	15
General Education	13	0	0	13
Science Education	0	0	6	6
Earth Science Teacher Education	0	0	5	5
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	4	0	4
Biology Education	0	0	4	4
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	3	1	4
General Special Education	0	0	2	2
Chemistry Education	0	0	2	2
Teacher Development & Methodology	1	0	0	1
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Physics Education	0	0	0	0
Social Studies Education	0	0	0	0
Spanish Education	0	0	0	0
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	0	0	0	0
Secondary Education	0	0	0	0
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	69	7	362	438

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
• Image Credit: By Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.