Biology Education at Merrimack College

What traits are you looking for in a biology teacher education school? To help you decide if Merrimack College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology teacher education 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 Biology Education section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Biology Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Biology Teacher Education

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 biology teacher education at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Merrimack Biology Education Rankings

Biology Teacher Education Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Biology Education Master’s Program

63% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biology teacher education master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in biology teacher education each year. Merrimack does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biology teacher education master's degree from Merrimack, 75% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the biology teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Careers That Biology Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology teacher education 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
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Middle School Teachers	16,910	$79,030
Biological Science Professors	2,220	$112,390
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230

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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