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Early Childhood Education at Merrimack College

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.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Merrimack

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Merrimack offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Merrimack Early Childhood Education Rankings

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 Master’s Program

97% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Merrimack, 81% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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