General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Merrimack College

What traits are you looking for in a health studies school? To help you decide if Merrimack College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health studies program.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in health studies from Merrimack.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

Merrimack General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at Merrimack compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	177
	184
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	198
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	216
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	393
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	453

Health Studies Student Demographics at Merrimack

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health studies majors at Merrimack College.

Merrimack General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health studies from Merrimack. About 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical health studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health studies at Merrimack are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Merrimack also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Health & Wellness

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.