Samuel Merritt University Overview

Located in Oakland, California, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Samuel Merritt University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Samuel Merritt University since the student to facuty ratio is 7 to 1.
• Students at Samuel Merritt University have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 0%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Samuel Merritt University.
• In <nil>, 50% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Samuel Merritt University bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $129,442 a year. That's about 217% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Samuel Merritt University?

Contact details for Samuel Merritt University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3100 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
Phone:	800-607-6377
Website:	www.samuelmerritt.edu

How Do I Get Into Samuel Merritt University?

You can apply to Samuel Merritt University online at: www.samuelmerritt.edu/admission/application

Can I Afford Samuel Merritt University?

The student loan default rate at Samuel Merritt University is 0.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Samuel Merritt University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 728 undergraduate students at Samuel Merritt University, with 574 being full-time and 154 being part-time.

There are also 1,320 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 574 full-time undergraduates at Samuel Merritt University, 22% are male and 78% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Samuel Merritt University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	198
Black or African American	59
Hispanic or Latino	127
White	140
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Over 5 countries are represented at Samuel Merritt University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Philippines, and China.

Online Learning at Samuel Merritt University

In 2020-2021, 330 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Samuel Merritt University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 94th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Samuel Merritt University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Samuel Merritt University was 10.3%. This is the #1,375 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Samuel Merritt University regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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