College · Private nonprofit · Oakland, CA · City
Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, CA
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$143k
Net price / yr—
Undergrad size718
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $0k/yr for a shot at a $143k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
718 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Net price not reported — check the college's financial aid office.
How students pay for it.
Pell grants18%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans91%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $19k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
6-yr median pay$143k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$143k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 718
- Location
- Oakland, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic28%
- Asian25%
- White24%
- Two or more races13%
- Black6%
- Unknown2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.