Criminal Justice & Corrections at Merrimack College

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Merrimack College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Merrimack Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice 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 criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Merrimack Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Merrimack, 70% 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 criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Merrimack College. 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
Criminal Justice	76

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice 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
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,830	$69,870
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	12,340	$48,670
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Managers	8,660	$131,450

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.