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Key differences on Students & campus

  1. 1

    Sacred Heart has 1.8× as many undergrads as Merrimack

    Undergrads
  2. 2

    Sacred Heart has 2 pts more first-gen students than Merrimack (23% vs. 21%)

    First-generation students
  3. 3

    Merrimack is more diverse (index 0.43 vs. 0.42)

    Diversity index

Students

Students & campus

Who's on each campus, how many get Pell Grants or are the first in their family, and campus life.

Who's on campus

Undergrads
Sacred Heart7.1K
Merrimack3.9K
Pell Grant share
Sacred Heart16%
Merrimack16%
First-gen share
Sacred Heart23%
Merrimack21%
Diversity index
Sacred Heart0.42
Merrimack0.43

Who they are

Men
Sacred Heart36%
Merrimack46%
Part-time students
Sacred Heart5%
Merrimack3%
Students 25 and older
Sacred Heart4%
Merrimack2%

Race & ethnicity

Sacred Heart
Merrimack
  • White
  • Asian
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Black
  • Two or more
  • International
  • Other/unknown

Where they're from

First-years from in state
Sacred Heart23%
Merrimack68%
First-years from other states
Sacred Heart76%
Merrimack30%
First-years from abroad
Sacred Heart1%
Merrimack2%
New transfer students this fall
Sacred Heart134
Merrimack108
Transfers, share of new undergraduates
Sacred Heart7%
Merrimack10%

Campus

Sacred Heart
Large suburbNCAA D-I FCS · Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceStudy abroadUndergrad research
Merrimack
Large suburbNCAA D-I FCS · Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceStudy abroad

LGBTQ+ policies

Each item is dated: either the college's own page, checked on that date, or a national list's claim, read on that date — never a plain “yes” or “no.” A key missing for a college isn't shown as “no”: nothing was found for it.

All student numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why