Undergraduate Admission

Incoming Class Profile

Learn more about 1,110 freshmen and 100 transfer students who enrolled at Merrimack in the fall of 2018.

Geographic breakdown:

Massachusetts: 69%
New England: 20%
Other states: 9% 
International: 2%

85% of first-year students live on campus

83% from public high schools

17% from private high schools

17% students of color

What they did in high school:

Sports: 75%
Part-time work: 48%  
Community service: 48%
Music/dance/theater: 16%

Academic Profile
GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale

3.5 and Above	30%
3.0-3.4	34%
2.5-2.9	29%
Below 2.5	7%

Average GPA 3.2

Average SAT Score 1111

Average ACT score: 23

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