Music at Merrimack College

If you are interested in studying music, 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, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Merrimack.

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

Merrimack Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Merrimack Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Merrimack performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	853
Most Focused Music Schools	1,035

Music Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from Merrimack. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music 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 music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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.