Business Administration & Management at Merrimack College

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Merrimack College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,418. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Merrimack.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

Merrimack Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Merrimack Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how Merrimack performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Merrimack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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
	175
	292
	373
	482
	498
	626
	632
	694
	798
	915
	942
	1,117
	1,139
	1,226
	1,658

In 2021, 55 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Merrimack. This makes it the #498 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Merrimack Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Merrimack is $45,692. This is 11% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

Merrimack Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Merrimack. About 61% were men and 39% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	66
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Merrimack Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at Merrimack awarded 55 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Merrimack, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	43
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Merrimack College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	139

Related Majors

• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Merrimack College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	28,180	$47,710
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620

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.