Accounting at Merrimack College

If you plan to study accounting, 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 approximately 4,643 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Merrimack.

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

Merrimack Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Merrimack offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Merrimack Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting 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 accounting major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	107
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	142
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Best Accounting Schools	222
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	280
Most Focused Accounting Schools	312
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	380
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	399
Most Popular Accounting Schools	403

In 2019, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Merrimack. This makes it the #280 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 35 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Merrimack. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Merrimack Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Merrimack does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Merrimack, 95% 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 accounting.

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

Merrimack also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Credit Analysts	2,240	$84,020
Budget Analysts	1,710	$85,320
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,480	$70,780

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.