Applying to Merrimack

Merrimack College's acceptance rate is 73.61% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 13,693 students applied and 10,079 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively easy (higher than the national average) to get into Merrimack.

Merrimack's acceptance rate places 29th out of 66 Massachusetts colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to Merrimack, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of Merrimack College is 73.61% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 10.63%. 5,913 men and 7,704 women applied to Merrimack and 4,381 men and 5,692 women students were accepted.

76 applicants who has another gender applied and 6 were accepted.

Among them, 539 men and 532 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at Merrimack.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at Merrimack
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	13,693	5,913	7,704	76	0
Admitted	10,079	4,381	5,692	6	0
Enrolled	1,071	539	532	0	0
Acceptance Rate	73.61%	74.09%	73.88%	7.89%	-
Yield	10.63%	12.30%	9.35%	0.00%	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Merrimack College 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at Merrimack. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Merrimack College.

Merrimack Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The next table provides general admission information for applying to Merrimack.

Admission Information for Applying to Merrimack
Open Admission Policy	No
Admission Information	https://www.merrimack.edu/admission/
Calendar System	Semester
Course for High School Students	Offers within and/or outside a dual enrollment
Credits Accepted	Credits for Life Experiences, Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	1-Year Certificate, Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate

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