Community Engagement Shapes Values and Promotes Change
Merrimack’s community engagement graduate program attracts individuals who want to help communities, transform organizations and create a more just, equitable society. The program is committed to core values of inclusion, change and social justice, and it offers robust training for promoting these values through local activism and global citizenship.
Merrimack faculty and students apply the principles of community engagement to effect change on a number of fronts. You’ll have the opportunity to conduct research, gain field experience, forge partnerships and pursue careers related to community issues such as:
- Economic justice
- Public health
- Educational access
- Cultural diversity
- LGBTQ+ issues
- Environmental justice
- International development
- Immigration
- Housing
There’s No Limit to What You Can Do With a Master’s in Community Engagement
With its three career-focused concentration options, Merrimack’s versatile community engagement master’s degree prepares you for a broad range of professional roles:
- The Community Organizations concentration is ideal for individuals interested in nonprofit leadership and grass-roots community organizing and development. If you are interested in understanding how community-based nonprofit organizations mobilize resources and build upon community strengths to affect social change, this is the concentration for you.
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The University, Institutional, and Government Relations concentration focuses on institutional partnerships aimed at strengthening communities. This concentration is for individuals interested in understanding the strategies, processes, and politics of partnerships involving communities and institutions, with a focus on equity, cultural responsiveness, and social justice.
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The PreK-12 concentration develops leaders prepared to impact positive change in the lives of children, youth, and families, in school and out-of-school settings. This program provides a strengths-based approach to partnering with and supporting youth and families, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Nearly 100 percent of our community engagement graduate students find jobs within a year of completing the master’s degree, working in niches that include nonprofit leadership, service learning, government service, community organizing, policy analysis, academic research and digital media strategy. Depending on which concentration you choose, Merrimack can help you prepare for a successful career in roles such as:
Community Organizations
- Program Director
- Fundraising and Development
- Community Organizer
- Communications and Outreach
University, Institutional, and Government Relations
- Service Learning & Community Partnerships
- Community & Government Relations
- Social Policy
- Advocacy
PreK-12
- Youth Programming
- Family Engagement
- PreK-12 Service Learning
- Training & Technical Assistance for Schools
