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Computer & Information Sciences at Merrimack College

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer & information sciences, take a look at what Merrimack College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year.

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

Merrimack Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Merrimack

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Merrimack offers distance education options for computer & information sciences at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Merrimack Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Merrimack

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Merrimack College.

Merrimack Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer & information sciences 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 computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Merrimack Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

21% Women

21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

Of the students who received a computer & information sciences master's degree from Merrimack, 67% 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 computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer & information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Merrimack College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Science	43
Computer Science	3
Other Computer & Information Sciences	1

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer User Support Specialists	19,360	$63,860
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Systems Analysts	14,790	$94,510

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
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