Merrimack College

What are the graduation rates for students at Merrimack College?

Merrimack's reported six-year graduation rate is 70% for the measured cohort of first-time, full-time students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Its four-year rate is 63%. These are outcomes for entering cohorts measured over different periods, not a prediction that any individual student will finish on schedule.

The reported first-year retention rate is 79%, indicating the share of the measured first-time cohort that returned the following fall. Transfer students, part-time students, and many adult learners are not necessarily represented by the federal first-time, full-time graduation-rate measure. For a realistic personal timeline, students should consider their program's course sequence, accepted transfer credits, and planned enrollment intensity.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Merrimack College?

Program-level College Scorecard figures offer a limited view of earnings roughly one year after completion for measured former students who received federal aid. They are not starting-salary offers, and they do not describe every graduate. For example, the reported one-year median is $65,662 for computer science and $45,692 for business administration and management.

Other reported examples show how widely outcomes vary by field: the one-year median is $37,877 for communication and media studies and $31,623 for education, general. These comparisons should not be read as the financial return on a major. They omit students outside the measured population and do not account for differences in employment, graduate study, geography, prior experience, or the amount borrowed.

Students weighing career outcomes should compare a program's curriculum and likely career paths with its net cost, not treat one earnings figure as a promise. Later-career earnings may differ substantially from a one-year measure.