Information Science at Merrimack College

If you are interested in studying information science, 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 Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

Merrimack Information Science Rankings

The is major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. 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.

IS Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical is bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in is at Merrimack are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its is bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Merrimack Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of is master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Of the students who received a is master's degree from Merrimack, 61% 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 is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science 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
General Information Science	43

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in is 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
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Science Professors	1,010	$106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists	720	$116,920

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.