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Student Counseling at Merrimack College

If you plan to study Student Counseling, consider the program at Merrimack College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merrimack College sits in North Andover, MA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 23 student counseling degrees were awarded at Merrimack College.

Online & Distance Learning at Merrimack College

Online coursework is an option at Merrimack College. Among 5,862 students, 1,344 (23%) studied exclusively online and 779 (13%) took at least some classes online.

Student Counseling Rankings at Merrimack College

Rankings can help you compare Merrimack College’s Student Counseling program against peer institutions.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Massachusetts	#3 of 8
Best Schools (Quality)	New England (Region)	#5 of 17
Best Value	Massachusetts	#7 of 7
Best Value	New England (Region)	#14 of 16
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#83 of 309
Best Value	Nationwide	#297 of 305

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the composition of Student Counseling graduates at Merrimack College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Student Counseling graduates at Merrimack College are 83% women (19) and 17% men (4).

Student Counseling Master’s Program at Merrimack College

Of the 23 master’s student counseling degrees awarded at Merrimack College, 83% were women (19) and 17% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Student Counseling master’s degree recipients at Merrimack College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	17
Hispanic / Latino	4
Black / African American	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 26% of Student Counseling master’s degree recipients at Merrimack College, lower than the national average of 38%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Student Counseling Concentrations at Merrimack College

The Student Counseling program at Merrimack College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Counselor Education	23

Best-Paid Careers for Student Counseling Graduates

Graduates of the Student Counseling program at Merrimack College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Student Counseling graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$87,699

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.