Information Science at Merrimack College

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Merrimack College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

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

• Master’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at Merrimack

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Merrimack Information Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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 Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from Merrimack in 2020-2021, 74% were men and 26% were women.

Of the students who received a IS master's degree from Merrimack, 56% 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	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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.