Which Merrimack College major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $25,783 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Merrimack College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Merrimack College cost?

Tuition and fees are $53,962 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $37,927 a year.

How many Merrimack College programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Merrimack College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Merrimack College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
North Andover, MA
3,916 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Merrimack College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($79,659), and Education the least ($29,368). The median program pays $41,506.

Tuition and fees$53,962Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$37,927Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate70%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 6 graduates a year	$79,659	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 11
2	Civil EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$75,556	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 8
3	Computer ScienceAbout 4 graduates a year	$70,256	Not reported	Not reported	16th of 20
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$68,615	Not reported	$27,000	11th of 11
5	Business AdministrationAbout 60 graduates a year	$48,018	$78,193	$27,000	18th of 32
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 81 graduates a year	$43,323	$55,359	$27,000	8th of 16
7	BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$41,506	Not reported	$27,000	17th of 32
8	Political ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$35,619	Not reported	$27,000	24th of 29
9	PsychologyAbout 60 graduates a year	$34,453	$54,202	$27,000	21st of 32
10	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 107 graduates a year	$33,640	$53,557	$27,000	3rd of 4
11	Health SciencesAbout 63 graduates a year	$31,161	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 5
12	CommunicationsAbout 67 graduates a year	$29,527	$61,206	$25,783	19th of 20
13	EducationAbout 6 graduates a year	$29,368	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$79,659
Civil Engineering$75,556
Computer Science$70,256
Mechanical Engineering$68,615
Business Administration$48,018

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 107 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 81 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 67 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 63 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 60 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $79,659 in their first year, the most of 13 Merrimack College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels