Student Population at Merrimack

The following chart compares Merrimack's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

Merrimack has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,909 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Merrimack College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,508 male and 3,354 female students attending Merrimack. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.75 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Merrimack.

By age, there are 4,616 students whose age under twenty five and 788 students whose age is over thirty years old at Merrimack College.

Especially, 182 students are younger than eighteen and 19 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Merrimack College.

At Merrimack College, 2,123 students (36.22% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,344 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 929 students live in Massachusetts where Merrimack College is located in and 388 students have enrolled from other states.