Undergraduate Admission

Incoming Class Profile

Learn more about 1,150 freshmen and 100 transfer students who enrolled at Merrimack in the fall of 2019.

Geographic breakdown:

Massachusetts: 69%
New England: 20%
Other states: 10% 
International: 1%

84% of first-year students live on campus

18% students of color

Academic Profile
GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale

3.5 and Above	32%
3.0-3.4	35%
2.5-2.9	26%
Below 2.5	7%

Average GPA 3.2

Average SAT Score 1110

Average ACT score: 23

<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/ignore_cropper/1/20760_Hands_to_Help_Open_House_Nov_2019.rev.1574114431.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Hands to Help Growing Again</h3><p>Merrimack’s community service <a href="/about/offices_services/hands-to-help/">Hands to Help</a> program held the official grand opening of its new location at 60 Island St. in Lawrence, Massachusetts Friday, Nov. 15. It’s the second location change to accommodate the growing resource center since opening in 2015. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4828-hands-to-help-growing-again" role="button" title="Hands to Help Growing Again" aria-label="Hands to Help Growing Again">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,259/ignore_cropper/1/20769_Thanksgiving_boxes.rev.1574801837.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College Campus Ministry broke with Thanksgiving tradition this year when it asked for financial donations in lieu of food for this year’s holiday dinner drive. The idea paid off as the community raised over $7,000 in donations to feed the food-insecure in Lawrence, Massachusetts.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4833-campus-community-supports-thanksgiving-dinners-for" role="button" title="Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure" aria-label="Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1440,1175/ignore_cropper/1/20762_PDR1.rev.1574285347.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Professional Development Retreat Prepares Students for Success</h3><p>Merrimack College held its semi-annual Professional Development Retreat at the Commonwealth Hotel in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston Nov. 14-15 to help seniors prepare for the realities of the workforce and fine-tune their non-academic networking and interviewing skills to enhance professional confidence in the workplace. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4830-professional-development-retreat-prepares-students" role="button" title="Professional Development Retreat Prepares Students for Success" aria-label="Professional Development Retreat Prepares Students for Success">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,259/ignore_cropper/1/20770_Thanksgiving_boxes.rev.1575045687.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College Campus Ministry broke with Thanksgiving tradition this year when it asked for financial donations in lieu of food for this year’s holiday dinner drive. The idea paid off as the community raised over $7,000 in donations to feed the food-insecure in Lawrence, Massachusetts.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4834-campus-community-supports-thanksgiving-dinners-for" role="button" title="Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure" aria-label="Campus Community Supports Thanksgiving Dinners for the Food Insecure">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1600,1035/ignore_cropper/1/20763_palmisanohall.rev.1574371432.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Celebrates Renaming of Science and Engineering Building After Dedicated Alumnus</h3><p>On Monday, November 18, members of the Merrimack community gathered to honor the renaming of the College’s Science and Engineering building, formerly known as Mendel Hall. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4831-merrimack-celebrates-renaming-of-science-and" role="button" title="Merrimack Celebrates Renaming of Science and Engineering Building After Dedicated Alumnus" aria-label="Merrimack Celebrates Renaming of Science and Engineering Building After Dedicated Alumnus">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,267/ignore_cropper/1/20781_Light__Hope_01_191203.rev.1575660489.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack College Celebrates the Season of Light and Hope with Annual Christmas Tree Lighting</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College welcomed in the Christmas season with its annual Light and Hope celebration amid a picturesque blanket of fresh snow covering campus Tuesday Dec. 3, 2019.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4837-merrimack-college-celebrates-the-season-of-light" role="button" title="Merrimack College Celebrates the Season of Light and Hope with Annual Christmas Tree Lighting" aria-label="Merrimack College Celebrates the Season of Light and Hope with Annual Christmas Tree Lighting">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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