Enrollment Trends at Merrimack

The student population at Merrimack College is 5,505 (4,229 undergraduate and 1,276 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,438 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Merrimack is 76.82% which is increased by 1,471 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 967 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

812 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10,050.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,443 where 5,505 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,471 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 967 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Merrimack than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Merrimack College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,067	2,758	1,397	1,361	309	81	228
2014-15	3,337 270	3,033 275	1,497 100	1,536 175	304 -5	96 15	208 -20
2015-16	3,620 283	3,167 134	1,534 37	1,633 97	453 149	176 80	277 69
2016-17	4,014 394	3,433 266	1,660 126	1,773 140	581 128	204 28	377 100
2017-18	4,191 177	3,535 102	1,723 63	1,812 39	656 75	220 16	436 59
2018-19	4,643 452	3,853 318	1,916 193	1,937 125	790 134	224 4	566 130
2019-20	5,186 543	4,230 377	1,985 69	2,245 308	956 166	286 62	670 104
2020-21	5,418 232	4,202 -28	1,935 -50	2,267 22	1,216 260	342 56	874 204
2021-22	5,452 34	4,120 -82	1,918 -17	2,202 -65	1,332 116	364 22	968 94
2022-23	5,505 53	4,229 109	1,931 13	2,298 96	1,276 -56	413 49	863 -105
Average	4,443	3,656	1,750	1,906	787	241	547

Merrimack College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,656 where 4,229 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Merrimack College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,758	2,604	1,306	1,298	154	91	63
2014-15	3,033	2,853	1,398	1,455	180	99	81
2015-16	3,167	3,027	1,453	1,574	140	81	59
2016-17	3,433	3,295	1,595	1,700	138	65	73
2017-18	3,535	3,323	1,611	1,712	212	112	100
2018-19	3,853	3,572	1,779	1,793	281	137	144
2019-20	4,230	3,885	1,854	2,031	345	131	214
2020-21	4,202	3,932	1,851	2,081	270	84	186
2021-22	4,120	3,924	1,852	2,072	196	66	130
2022-23	4,229	3,985	1,842	2,143	244	89	155
Average	3,656	3,656	1,654	1,786	3,656	96	121

Merrimack College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 787 where 1,276 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Merrimack College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	309	186	58	128	123	23	100
2014-15	304	210	68	142	94	28	66
2015-16	453	339	135	204	114	41	73
2016-17	581	422	152	270	159	52	107
2017-18	656	462	163	299	194	57	137
2018-19	790	394	121	273	396	103	293
2019-20	956	561	199	362	395	87	308
2020-21	1,216	726	233	493	490	109	381
2021-22	1,332	724	245	479	608	119	489
2022-23	1,276	888	306	582	388	107	281
Average	787	787	168	323	787	73	224

Merrimack College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.24%. The percentage was 62.21% 10 years ago and Merrimack still has a high percentage of white students. 1.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.18% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Merrimack College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	4	53	82	174	1	1,908	39
2014-15	3	45	99	177	0	2,137	47
2015-16	3	40	101	176	1	2,424	50
2016-17	2	56	120	246	2	2,926	61
2017-18	2	58	135	299	2	3,094	51
2018-19	0	79	144	324	3	3,405	70
2019-20	2	107	182	360	0	3,775	94
2020-21	3	119	205	397	1	4,138	105
2021-22	6	120	220	446	2	4,176	125
2022-23	6	96	230	482	1	4,142	133
Average	3	77	152	308	1	3,213	78

Merrimack College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

812 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10,050.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Merrimack College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,337	8	75	3,254
2015-16	3,620	14	107	3,499
2016-17	4,014	68	105	3,841
2017-18	4,191	174	81	3,936
2018-19	4,643	265	87	4,291
2019-20	5,186	391	137	4,658
2020-21	5,418	545	3,693	1,180
2021-22	5,452	878	923	3,651
2022-23	5,505	812	425	4,268
Average	4,596	351	626	3,620

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