by our College Data Analytics TeamFamily & Community Services is a concentration offered under the human development and family studies major at Merrimack College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in family and community services, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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BA in Human Services - Child & Family Services
Gain the fundamental tools required to improve the lives of children and families in crisis with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Part-time undergraduates at Merrimack paid an average of $1,523 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $42,401 | $42,401 |
| Fees | $2,673 | $2,673 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,407 | $16,407 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,450 | $1,450 |
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Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the family and community services bachelor’s degree program at Merrimack. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Merrimack Online Learning page.
About 85.7% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in family and community services in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in family and community services at Merrimack in 2019-2020, 28.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 24 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services | 85 |
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*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.
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