Online Bachelor-Degree Completion, Graduate Education Programs, and Online Master of Science Degrees
Flexible & Convenient | Top-Ranked University | Accredited Online Degrees
Join 70 years of academic tradition at Merrimack College with advanced degrees designed for your life and goals. We are committed to helping you grow — academically, personally, and spiritually. As a Merrimack College Online student, you’ll benefit from courses taught by expert faculty in a collaborative online environment. We offer flexible online degree programs in:
Our personalized approach includes one on one guidance with a Merrimack Success Coach and highly engaging, real-time interaction with instructors and peers. You’ll have access to cutting-edge, industry-aligned education while you continue your current full-time job and responsibilities. High-quality online education ranked in the top tier of innovative, high-value universities – that’s the MERRIMACK DIFFERENCE.
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Online Bachelor-Degree Completion, Graduate Education Programs, and Online Master of Science Degrees
Flexible & Convenient | Top-Ranked University | Accredited Online Degrees
Join 70 years of academic tradition at Merrimack College with advanced degrees designed for your life and goals. We are committed to helping you grow — academically, personally, and spiritually. As a Merrimack College Online student, you’ll benefit from courses taught by expert faculty in a collaborative online environment. We offer flexible online degree programs in:
Our personalized approach includes one on one guidance with a Merrimack Success Coach and highly engaging, real-time interaction with instructors and peers. You’ll have access to cutting-edge, industry-aligned education while you continue your current full-time job and responsibilities. High-quality online education ranked in the top tier of innovative, high-value universities – that’s the MERRIMACK DIFFERENCE.
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Merrimack College Online Degrees for Working Professionals
Our online master’s degrees and certificates are built around current industry trends and the skills most valued with in-demand employers, but they are also designed with YOU in mind. Rigorous, competency-based curriculum allows you to progress through many programs at your own pace while you focus on skills you most need to master.
Teacher Education
Online Master’s Degrees & Initial Licensures, Add-On Licensures, Endorsements, and Certificates for Teachers
Achieve your personal goals and serve your community with online Master’s Degrees & Initial Licensures, Add-On Licensures, Endorsements, and Certificates for Teachers. Our innovative program is offered in a competency-based education (CBE) format developed in collaboration with leading school districts and employers.
Merrimack’s program competencies are in line with state and professional standards so you know you are acquiring the valuable skills and knowledge that meet licensure standards. Our online competency-based programs produce teachers who are poised to become leaders in their schools and communities.
Business Programs
Earn an MS in Management or MS in Accounting degree.
Earn a highly valued business degree at an affordable and competitive price. With curriculum designed by industry leaders you will focus on mastering the advanced business and accounting skills that employers are looking for when hiring or promoting. Merrimack College offers a flexible, customizable alternative to the traditional MBA. You’ll work closely with your Academic and Program Advisor to create a custom path for your business master’s degree that is personalized to your career goals, budget, and schedule. With input from key representatives in the accounting profession, the core curriculum in the MS in Accounting program goes beyond the numbers, combining accounting proficiency with high-level in-demand business and analytical skills.
Science & Engineering
Choose from an MS in Data Science or Business Analytics, an MS in Computer Science or a Graduate Product Management Program.
Prepare to meet the demands of a career in one of the hottest and fastest-growing career fields in America. Merrimack’s top-ranking science and engineering programs combine academic coursework with real-world, hands-on problem solving to help you lead and innovate as you become one of the top candidates amongst peers. Science and engineering program faculty are experts in their field and industry-professionals who add their relevant experience and context to course material.
Project management students will learn a broad range of strategic skills and business acumen along with specialized learning based on one of three tracks in Life Sciences, Software/Web/Mobile, and Technology.
With or without a comp-sci background, students with an aptitude for math and an interest in programming can learn the advanced skills needed to become an agile software engineer. Data Science and Analytics programs help students prepare for a career in a competitive industry where 92% of data scientists hold an advanced degree.
Bachelor Degree Completion
The Pathway Bachelor Degree Completion designed to help professionals of all levels and backgrounds complete their degree 100% online.
Merrimack’s Pathway Degree Completion program helps you prepare to advance your career efficiently and conveniently while you continue to work and balance other full-time responsibilities. The program is designed for busy adults of any professional background who are ready to complete their undergraduate degree. Students can choose a specialization or self-design one in consultation with their success coach. Our affordable completion program, career-driven curriculum, asynchronous learning, 100% online courses, and personal success coaches combine to help you finish your degree and accomplish your goals.
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificates in Accounting, Education, Data Science & Analytics, and Management
Graduate certificates are available in education, data science, business analytics, accounting, and management. Many certificates are stackable and afford you the opportunity to apply your effort and credits to a master’s degree in the future. Online flexibility allows you to add value to your resume while you work full-time.
On-Campus Programs
Traditional On-Campus Degrees at Merrimack College
Merrimack College offers more than 100 bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and certificate programs on campus outside of Boston, Massachusetts. As a selective, private school with a sought-after campus and high-caliber education, Merrimack is more affordable and achievable than you think.
Reasons to Believe
Merrimack College has a long history of providing quality degrees to students entering the job market. Our faculty are more than just teachers. We are committed to helping you grow — academically, personally, and spiritually — so that you may graduate as a confident, well-prepared citizen of the world.
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Accreditations
Merrimack College is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). In addition to institutional accreditation, several degree programs in specialized fields or disciplines have either received specialized accreditation from national professional organizations or have been granted approval by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
What Our Students Are Saying
“With the online competency-based format, I have the ability to progress at my pace through the course objectives. As a full-time teacher and mom with two teenage boys, life is pretty busy. Without question this program has provided the most flexibility of any program I have ever taken.”
“The online M.Ed. program from Merrimack College meets the challenge of teaching how to teach, and will guide any student who is dedicated to learning to a successful career.”
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News & Events
Learn more about what you’ll discover through online degrees and certificates at Merrimack College. Read tips about going back to school as an adult, how Merrimack will help set you up for success, program details, and more.
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Accounting for Small Business Certification Success Story
FlexProfessionals, in partnership with Merrimack College, has developed a 12-week, asynchronous Accounting for Small Business Certification course to help clients fill transactional bookkeeping positions.
6 Government Job Opportunities for Graduates with a Master’s in Public Administration and Affairs
In this article, we will explore some of the government job opportunities available to individuals with a Master's in Public Administration and Affairs.
6 Public Policy Jobs for Graduates with a Master’s in Public Administration and Affairs
Obtaining a Master's in Public Administration and Affairs can open up a diverse range of career opportunities in the field of public policy.