Early Childhood Education at Merrimack College

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Merrimack College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year. Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Merrimack College in 2021, 7 of them were early childhood education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

Merrimack Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Merrimack performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	39
	173
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	175
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	301
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	352
	526

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in child development from Merrimack. This makes it the #39 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Merrimack

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Merrimack College.

Merrimack Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Merrimack. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Merrimack are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Merrimack Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 21 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Merrimack, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Merrimack, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Merrimack also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods
• Secondary Education
• Elementary Education

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Merrimack College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180
Kindergarten Teachers	3,020	$75,510

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.