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Health Sciences & Services at Merrimack College

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, 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 approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in health science from Merrimack.

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

Merrimack Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

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

Merrimack Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at Merrimack compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
42
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools 51
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools 148
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools 177
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 288
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In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in health science from Merrimack. This makes it the #20 most popular school for health science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Merrimack Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Merrimack is $30,024. This is less than $31,369, which is the national average of all health science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Health Science Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Merrimack. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science 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 health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 35
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Merrimack Health Sciences & Services Master’s Program

91% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The health science program at Merrimack awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

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Of the students who received a health science master's degree from Merrimack, 82% 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 health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Merrimack also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health 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
Community Health Workers 3,660 $44,500

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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