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Merrimack College Today

  • U.S. News & World Report recognized Merrimack College among the nation’s top 186 liberal arts colleges in the 2009 America’s Best Colleges Guide. The colleges included on this list emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the arts and sciences. US News & World Report has consistently ranked Merrimack highly among peer institutions for more than ten years.
  • Merrimack enrolls 2,000 full-time and 300 evening students from more than 26 states and 14 countries.
  • The student / faculty ratio is 13:1.
  • Merrimack offers 30 majors including Digital Media Arts, Sports Medicine and International Business. Pre-professional programs in pre-dental, pre-med and pre-law are available.
  • Approximately 80% of Merrimack's students live on campus. Santagati Hall, a 210-bed student residence, is the newest residence and is named in honor of the college's former president, Richard J. Santagati.
  • Boston nightlife, cultural and sporting events, shopping and more are only 25 minutes from Merrimack's suburban campus.
  • The Francis E. Girard School of Business and International Commerce, established in 1999 with a $2.5 million alumni gift, is a candidate for AACSB accreditation, a prestigious recognition of quality for business schools.
  • The college offers a four-year and a five-year Cooperative Education program for all majors. It is one of the best nationally and one of the longest-running in the Northeast.
  • Students in all divisions have the opportunity to study abroad and gain hands-on, international, career-related experience. Year-long, semester and summer programs are offered, as are other international experiences such as work, volunteering, and internships. Merrimack students can study in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
  • Merrimack offers a master degree of education. The program is fully approved by the Massachusetts State Board of Educators, and leads to an M.Ed. in elementary education or as a Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8). The program offers four options for licensure as well as a fifth year program of study. 
  • Merrimack's team of civil engineering students won the New England Steel Bridge Competition in May 2007, beating out MIT, Northeastern and other schools. They also won the competition in 2004. Both years, they represented New England in the nationals held in California.
  • 16 varsity sports for men and women are offered, which include 15 Division II sports and Division I men’s hockey.
  • The college employs 139 full-time, 105 part-time day and evening faculty.
  • As part of Merrimack's presidential initiative to achieve greater diversity and to foster discussion and understanding of diversity issues at the college, the Diversity Education Center serves as an educational and supportive environment for the campus community.
  • Merrimack received a 10-year reaccreditation in 2002 by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a strong affirmation of the great strides the college has made in the last decade.
  • Several new buildings accentuate this beautiful 220-acre New England campus, including the progressive Sakowich Campus Center, the award-winning Rogers Center for the Arts, and two residence halls built in the last five years.
  • The School of Graduate, Continuing and Professional Education meets the educational needs of hundreds of students each year. Individuals can earn an undergraduate degree in business (acounting and finance), electrical engineering, fine arts, liberal arts and human services administration. Online and hybrid courses are available for student convenience.
  • Professional Education offers high quality non-credit professional development and skill-based certificate programs including: Certified Purchasing Manager, Financial Planning, Game Design and Programming, Linux, Java and Javascript, Oracle, Project Management - and much more.
  • A $295,000, 3-year grant to Merrimack College and five community partners created the Lawrence Math and Science Partnership for middle school students. The Learn and Serve Program, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNS), helps to build science and math skills through hands-on enrichment activities and assistance with homework. Merrimack students and faculty visit five after-school sites in Lawrence, Mass. and serve as learning mentors throughout the academic year.