Accounting at Merrimack College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Merrimack College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,418.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Merrimack Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Accounting Student Demographics at Merrimack

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Merrimack College.

Merrimack Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Merrimack are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Merrimack Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Merrimack, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Merrimack College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	80

Related Majors

• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Merrimack College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.