Academic Life at Merrimack College

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Merrimack College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

65 Majors With Completions

14:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

44% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Merrimack College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 14 students per faculty member, Merrimack College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. At Merrimack College, 44% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Merrimack College can choose from 65 majors with reported graduates spanning 25 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Merrimack College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	—

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Merrimack College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	163
Business Administration, Management and Operations	141
Accounting and Related Services	107
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	107
Criminal Justice and Corrections	105

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Merrimack College:

Need flexibility? Check whether Merrimack College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 683 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Merrimack College retains and graduates its students — 79% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further at Merrimack College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Academic Majors at Merrimack College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Merrimack College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Merrimack College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Distance Learning at Merrimack College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Merrimack College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies