Merritt College Trade Programs

Located in Oakland, California, Merritt College is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Merritt College?

Contact details for Merritt College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	12500 Campus Dr, Oakland, CA 94619-3196
Phone:	510-531-4911
Website:	www.merritt.edu

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Can I Afford Merritt College?

In a recent term, part-time Merritt College students paid $46 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $353 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,104	$8,472
Fees	$63	$231
Books and Supplies	$1,724	$1,724

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Merritt College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $9,404 a year. That adds up to $37,616 over four years for those students.

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Merritt College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,261 undergraduate students at Merritt College, with 1,174 being full-time and 5,087 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,174 full-time undergraduates at Merritt College, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	170
Black or African American	278
Hispanic or Latino	404
White	166
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	134

Online Learning at Merritt College

In 2022-2023, 5,587 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Merritt College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	130	0	130
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	48	0	0	48
Radiologic Technology	0	15	16	31
Biomedical Technology	10	0	0	10
Medical/Clinical Assistant	8	0	0	8
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	0	3	4	7
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	2	0	0	2
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)	0	0	0	0
Laboratory Technician	0	0	0	0
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	68	148	20	236

Merritt College Trades

In a recent academic period, Merritt College awarded 482 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	8	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	2	16	15	0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	10	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	48	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	130	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	4	3	0
Total	146	40	296	0

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.