Student Population at Merrimack College

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,505	4,229	1,276

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,505 students have enrolled in Merrimack College with 4,229 undergraduate and 1,276 graduate students.

By gender, 2,344 male and 3,161 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

812 students are enrolled exclusively, and 425 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Merrimack College has a total of 5,505 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,229 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,276 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,344 male and 3,161 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,505	4,229	1,276
Men	2,344	1,931	413
Women	3,161	2,298	863

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,142 White, 230 Black, and 96 Asian students out of a total of 5,505 are attending at Merrimack College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	4	2
Asian	96	40	56
Black	230	157	73
Hispanic	482	179	303
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	4,142	1,708	2,434
Two or more races	133	57	76
Race Unknown	300	135	165

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	3	2
Asian	63	30	33
Black	161	117	44
Hispanic	362	142	220
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	3,191	1,433	1,758
Two or more races	100	45	55
Race Unknown	264	119	145

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	33	10	23
Black	69	40	29
Hispanic	120	37	83
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	951	275	676
Two or more races	33	12	21
Race Unknown	36	16	20

Student Age Distribution

By age, Merrimack has 161 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 4,679 students under 25 years old, and 820 students over 25 years old out of 5,505 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 161 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Merrimack has 4,113 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 111 students aged 25 and over.

It has 566 graduate students aged under 25 and 709 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	161	106	55
18-19	1,902	1,043	859
20-21	1,800	995	805
22-24	816	449	367
25-29	304	195	109
30-34	142	95	47
35-39	108	73	35
40-49	152	114	38
50-64	99	77	22
Over 65	15	10	5

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	161	106	55
18-19	1,902	1,043	859
20-21	1,773	975	798
22-24	277	94	183
25-29	39	17	22
30-34	17	12	5
35-39	14	13	1
40-49	23	21	2
50-64	14	10	4
Over 65	4	3	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Merrimack College, 812 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 425 students are enrolled in some online courses.

625 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 187 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	5,505	812	425
Undergraduate	4,229	98	241
Graduate	1,276	714	184

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	625	187
Undergraduate	77	21
Graduate	548	166

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,229 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 109 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.58%.108 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,877
Transfer-in Full-time	108
Regular Part-time	243
Transfer-in Part-time	1

Student Population at Merrimack College

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