Merrimack College Ranks in Money’s Best Colleges 2024

Money has added Merrimack College to its Best Colleges 2024 list. Colleges are selected based on affordability, quality of education, and employment and earnings outcomes.
Merrimack College 2025 Homecoming game vs Robert Morris.
Merrimack College 2025 Homecoming game vs Robert Morris.
June 12, 2024
| By: Joseph O'Connell

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Merrimack Ranks in Money’s Best Colleges 2024

North Andover, MA— June 12. 2024 — Today, Merrimack College announced that they have earned recognition as one of the Best Colleges in America by Money.

To compile its new list of the Best Colleges in America, Money examined more than 2400 universities and hundreds of data points to create the list of 745 4-year universities and colleges. Money’s editorial team weighted the data points as follows:

  • Affordability (40%)
  • Quality of Education (30%)
  • Employment and earnings outcomes (30%)

Each of the universities and colleges on Money’s list was assigned an overall star ranking between two and five stars, the latter being the highest a university or college could receive.

Now in its 10th edition, Money’s Best Colleges is a premier ranking for prospective students and parents looking to make this important decision based on likely future outcomes post graduation. For the complete methodology, visit here.

ABOUT MERRIMACK COLLEGE
One of only two Catholic Augustinian colleges in the United States, Merrimack College is a rising institution with a decade-long trajectory of growth and innovation. Merrimack is a selective, research-oriented, master’s comprehensive institution with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 43 states and 42 countries, comprising schools of arts and sciences, engineering and computational sciences, nursing and health sciences, education and social policy, and business. The college’s 220-acre campus is just north of Boston in North Andover, Mass.

About Money
Founded in 1972, Money Magazine helped everyday people live richer lives by learning personal finance strategies that improved their bottom line. Over that time their mission has evolved to guide people to financial victories through up-to-date information, education, and tools as a digital-only destination. With the rising costs of healthcare, Money sees the direct correlation between
quality of care and the lessened financial impact on the consumer, the better the care, the lower the overall, long-term costs.

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