Elementary Education at Merrimack College

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what Merrimack College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Merrimack.

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

Merrimack Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Merrimack Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Merrimack compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 elementary teaching major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary 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 Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	139
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	201
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	273
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	284
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	667
	746
Best Elementary Education Schools	753
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	770

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from Merrimack. This makes it the #44 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Merrimack in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Merrimack Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a master's degree in Elementary Education from Merrimack in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 87% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Merrimack does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from Merrimack, 91% 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 elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Merrimack also has a doctoral program available in elementary teaching. 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
• Early Childhood Education

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	30,380	$82,600

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.