General Information Science at Merrimack College

Every general information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the information science program at Merrimack College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

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.

Merrimack does offer online education options in information science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Merrimack General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Information Science Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical information science 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 information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 General Information Science Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a information science 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 information science.

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

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information science 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.