Merrimack College Computer Science Programs

Merrimack College is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Andover, Massachusetts. Merrimack is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Merrimack?

The acceptance rate at Merrimack College is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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.

The student loan default rate at Merrimack is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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 2020-2021, 1,801 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 5th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Merrimack

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Merrimack College was 73.8%. This is the #342 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Merrimack regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.