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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Augustinian)
Location North Andover, MA
Population 2,500,000
Website https://www.merrimack.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,939
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 69%
From Region 21%
Athletes 22.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 74%
Hispanic 12%
Black 4%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 53.3% 53.3% 2012 Men: 51.6% 51.6% 2013 Men: 48.6% 48.6% 2014 Men: 46.4% 46.4% 2015 Men: 49.2% 49.2% 2016 Men: 50.7% 50.7% 2017 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2018 Men: 51.6% 51.6% 2019 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2020 Men: 47.6% 47.6% 2021 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2022 Men: 47.2% 47.2% 2023 Men: 50.3% 50.3% 2024 Men: 43.4% 43.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2013 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2019 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2011 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2015 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2016 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2018 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2021 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2023 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2024 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2012 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2013 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2014 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2015 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2016 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2017 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2018 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2019 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2020 Hispanic: 5.8% 5.8% 2021 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2022 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2023 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2024 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2011 White: 80.7% 80.7% 2012 White: 76.0% 76.0% 2013 White: 81.3% 81.3% 2014 White: 81.1% 81.1% 2015 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2016 White: 78.5% 78.5% 2017 White: 70.3% 70.3% 2018 White: 68.9% 68.9% 2019 White: 73.5% 73.5% 2020 White: 83.0% 83.0% 2021 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2022 White: 77.7% 77.7% 2023 White: 77.6% 77.6% 2024 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2011 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2012 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2013 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2014 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2015 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2016 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2017 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2018 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2019 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2020 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 1.3% 1.3%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2025 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2022 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2024 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2025 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2020 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2021 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2022 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2023 Hispanic: 8.9% 8.9% 2024 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8% 2025 Hispanic: 11.6% 11.6% 2020 White: 77.7% 77.7% 2021 White: 78.8% 78.8% 2022 White: 78.2% 78.2% 2023 White: 78.4% 78.4% 2024 White: 77.0% 77.0% 2025 White: 74.3% 74.3% 2020 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2025 International: 2.0% 2.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Merrimack College 896 45% / 55% 2% $66,652 60 97%
Civil Engineering 23 — 74% / 26% 4% $83,692 85 100%
Computer Engineering 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $98,559 94 —
Electrical Engineering 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $108,740 97 100%
Mechanical Engineering 20 — 85% / 15% 0% $78,923 80 100%
Computer Science 8 +1 75% / 25% 25% $105,093 97 100%
Computer Software and Media Applications 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Information Science/Studies 11 — 82% / 18% 0% $85,749 86 —
Information Technology — — — — $86,003 86 —
Applied Mathematics 2 — 100% / 0% 50% $79,964 81 —
Chemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $64,409 54 —
Mathematics 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $68,916 65 —
Physics 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $69,594 66 —
Biochemistry 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $69,764 66 —
Biology 33 +3 21% / 79% 0% $72,971 72 100%
Cellular and Molecular Biology — — — — $72,293 71 —
Environmental Biology — — — — $57,584 35 —
Neuroscience 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $71,313 69 —
Environmental Science 8 +1 50% / 50% 0% $56,235 30 —
Environmental Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,021 30 —
Nutrition Sciences 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,028 36 —
Exercise Science 27 — 30% / 70% 4% $53,780 24 —
Health Sciences 62 — 23% / 77% 3% $62,429 49 100%
Nursing 68 — 4% / 96% 0% $89,263 89 —
Public Health 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,076 42 —
Rehabilitation Science 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $60,318 43 —
Accounting 30 — 63% / 37% 3% $78,552 80 —
Business Administration 92 +1 87% / 13% 3% $73,124 72 99%
Business Economics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $71,285 69 —
Business Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Entrepreneurship 17 — 65% / 35% 6% $70,246 67 —
Finance 11 — 82% / 18% 18% $81,095 82 —
Financial Planning and Services 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $82,178 83 —
Health Services Administration — — — — $62,887 50 —
Hospitality Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,926 21 —
Human Resources Management 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $69,383 65 —
International Business 4 — 50% / 50% 25% $75,845 76 —
Investments and Securities 36 — 83% / 17% 3% $82,819 84 —
Managerial Economics 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $80,572 82 —
Marketing 63 — 51% / 49% 2% $70,377 67 —
Sports Management — — — — $53,862 24 —
Communication 45 — 56% / 44% 0% $57,286 34 94%
Creative Writing — — — — $48,454 12 —
English 11 +1 64% / 36% 0% $48,474 12 —
Foreign Languages 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
History 8 +1 75% / 25% 0% $51,211 17 —
Human Development 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,268 15 94%
Human Development and Family Studies 68 +1 10% / 90% 0% $50,268 15 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
International Studies — +1 — — $58,719 38 —
Philosophy 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,350 17 —
Political Science 10 +3 40% / 60% 10% $48,319 12 95%
Psychology 48 +3 15% / 85% 0% $50,685 16 100%
Religious Studies — — — — $53,162 22 —
Sociology 3 — 33% / 67% 33% $48,669 12 —
Women's Studies 3 +1 0% / 100% 0% $53,124 22 —
General Education 37 — 24% / 76% 0% $53,012 21 —
Special Education — — — — $54,877 27 —
Teacher Education — — — — $53,255 22 —
Teacher Education 1 +36 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Art History 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $41,366 5 —
Graphic Design 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,654 18 —
Industrial and Product Design — — — — $51,466 18 —
Music 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $41,417 5 —
Theater 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $39,075 3 —
Corrections and Criminal Justice — — — — $51,565 18 —
Criminal Justice 57 +5 54% / 46% 2% $51,565 18 92%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $58,312
ROI Percentile 60th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 63%
6-Year Graduation Rate 70%
Transfer-Out Rate 21%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 69.8% 69.8% 2012 Graduated: 63.9% 63.9% 2013 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0% 2014 Graduated: 67.8% 67.8% 2015 Graduated: 70.8% 70.8% 2016 Graduated: 72.6% 72.6% 2017 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5% 2018 Graduated: 71.4% 71.4% 2019 Graduated: 74.7% 74.7% 2020 Graduated: 73.5% 73.5% 2021 Graduated: 69.0% 69.0% 2022 Graduated: 68.1% 68.1% 2023 Graduated: 72.1% 72.1% 2024 Graduated: 70.1% 70.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 63.9% 63.9% 2012 Men: 62.1% 62.1% 2013 Men: 59.6% 59.6% 2014 Men: 69.0% 69.0% 2015 Men: 64.7% 64.7% 2016 Men: 70.0% 70.0% 2017 Men: 62.3% 62.3% 2018 Men: 69.5% 69.5% 2019 Men: 74.5% 74.5% 2020 Men: 70.4% 70.4% 2021 Men: 66.3% 66.3% 2022 Men: 64.4% 64.4% 2023 Men: 66.1% 66.1% 2024 Men: 69.3% 69.3% 2011 Women: 75.1% 75.1% 2012 Women: 65.8% 65.8% 2013 Women: 60.3% 60.3% 2014 Women: 66.6% 66.6% 2015 Women: 77.5% 77.5% 2016 Women: 75.3% 75.3% 2017 Women: 75.4% 75.4% 2018 Women: 73.4% 73.4% 2019 Women: 74.8% 74.8% 2020 Women: 76.3% 76.3% 2021 Women: 71.7% 71.7% 2022 Women: 71.9% 71.9% 2023 Women: 78.6% 78.6% 2024 Women: 70.8% 70.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 83.3% 83.3% 2012 Black: 45.5% 45.5% 2013 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2014 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Black: 57.1% 57.1% 2016 Black: 62.5% 62.5% 2017 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 Black: 38.1% 38.1% 2019 Black: 76.9% 76.9% 2020 Black: 48.1% 48.1% 2021 Black: 29.6% 29.6% 2022 Black: 57.5% 57.5% 2023 Black: 65.6% 65.6% 2024 Black: 62.5% 62.5% 2011 Hispanic: 70.0% 70.0% 2012 Hispanic: 53.6% 53.6% 2013 Hispanic: 46.7% 46.7% 2014 Hispanic: 71.4% 71.4% 2015 Hispanic: 52.6% 52.6% 2016 Hispanic: 71.4% 71.4% 2017 Hispanic: 68.4% 68.4% 2018 Hispanic: 51.1% 51.1% 2019 Hispanic: 57.8% 57.8% 2020 Hispanic: 52.0% 52.0% 2021 Hispanic: 64.0% 64.0% 2022 Hispanic: 51.9% 51.9% 2023 Hispanic: 48.7% 48.7% 2024 Hispanic: 55.1% 55.1% 2011 White: 69.6% 69.6% 2012 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2013 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2014 White: 73.0% 73.0% 2015 White: 74.6% 74.6% 2016 White: 73.4% 73.4% 2017 White: 69.9% 69.9% 2018 White: 76.4% 76.4% 2019 White: 77.0% 77.0% 2020 White: 77.2% 77.2% 2021 White: 72.1% 72.1% 2022 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2023 White: 75.3% 75.3% 2024 White: 73.1% 73.1% 2011 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2012 International: 65.2% 65.2% 2013 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 International: 28.6% 28.6% 2015 International: 64.0% 64.0% 2016 International: 82.4% 82.4% 2017 International: 81.0% 81.0% 2018 International: 69.4% 69.4% 2019 International: 77.3% 77.3% 2020 International: 47.6% 47.6% 2021 International: 54.2% 54.2% 2022 International: 61.9% 61.9% 2023 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2024 International: 33.3% 33.3%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 30.0% 269 72% / 28% 4% $74,594 75 99%
Humanities & Social Sciences 22.5% 202 29% / 71% 1% $51,829 18 96%
Health Sciences 19.0% 170 18% / 82% 2% $71,626 70 100%
Professional 6.4% 57 54% / 46% 2% $51,565 18 92%
Engineering 5.8% 52 83% / 17% 2% $85,606 86 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.5% 49 20% / 80% 0% $72,082 71 100%
Education 4.2% 38 24% / 76% 0% $53,012 21 —
Computer Science 2.3% 21 76% / 24% 10% $93,894 92 100%
Arts 1.8% 16 25% / 75% 0% $44,521 7 —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 13 31% / 69% 0% $56,770 32 —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.0% 9 67% / 33% 11% $71,021 69 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $1.0M #245 72% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $1.0M #327 36% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.5M #436 9% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #375 86% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #502 60% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #414 82% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #410 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.0M #416 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #312 0% $0 — — — —
Total $2.8M #455 47% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 65% 65%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 87.9% 87.9% 2012 Acceptance: 77.0% 77.0% 2013 Acceptance: 78.6% 78.6% 2014 Acceptance: 77.8% 77.8% 2015 Acceptance: 79.0% 79.0% 2016 Acceptance: 81.9% 81.9% 2017 Acceptance: 81.5% 81.5% 2018 Acceptance: 82.8% 82.8% 2019 Acceptance: 81.9% 81.9% 2020 Acceptance: 81.6% 81.6% 2021 Acceptance: 80.3% 80.3% 2022 Acceptance: 74.6% 74.6% 2023 Acceptance: 73.6% 73.6% 2024 Acceptance: 70.0% 70.0% 2011 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2012 Yield: 16.0% 16.0% 2013 Yield: 16.0% 16.0% 2014 Yield: 15.7% 15.7% 2015 Yield: 13.5% 13.5% 2016 Yield: 14.9% 14.9% 2017 Yield: 12.1% 12.1% 2018 Yield: 15.7% 15.7% 2019 Yield: 14.8% 14.8% 2020 Yield: 12.2% 12.2% 2021 Yield: 11.5% 11.5% 2022 Yield: 12.0% 12.0% 2023 Yield: 10.6% 10.6% 2024 Yield: 9.9% 9.9%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,869 3,869 2012 Applicants: 5,661 5,661 2013 Applicants: 6,314 6,314 2014 Applicants: 7,044 7,044 2015 Applicants: 7,751 7,751 2016 Applicants: 8,214 8,214 2017 Applicants: 8,656 8,656 2018 Applicants: 8,668 8,668 2019 Applicants: 9,747 9,747 2020 Applicants: 10,934 10,934 2021 Applicants: 10,429 10,429 2022 Applicants: 13,175 13,175 2023 Applicants: 13,693 13,693 2024 Applicants: 14,070 14,070 2011 Admitted: 3,400 3,400 2012 Admitted: 4,358 4,358 2013 Admitted: 4,963 4,963 2014 Admitted: 5,478 5,478 2015 Admitted: 6,121 6,121 2016 Admitted: 6,728 6,728 2017 Admitted: 7,058 7,058 2018 Admitted: 7,174 7,174 2019 Admitted: 7,983 7,983 2020 Admitted: 8,927 8,927 2021 Admitted: 8,375 8,375 2022 Admitted: 9,833 9,833 2023 Admitted: 10,079 10,079 2024 Admitted: 9,852 9,852 2011 Enrolled: 612 612 2012 Enrolled: 699 699 2013 Enrolled: 794 794 2014 Enrolled: 858 858 2015 Enrolled: 828 828 2016 Enrolled: 1,005 1,005 2017 Enrolled: 855 855 2018 Enrolled: 1,123 1,123 2019 Enrolled: 1,179 1,179 2020 Enrolled: 1,086 1,086 2021 Enrolled: 967 967 2022 Enrolled: 1,182 1,182 2023 Enrolled: 1,071 1,071 2024 Enrolled: 971 971

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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