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

Can I Afford Merritt College?

For the <nil> academic year, 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

The student loan default rate at Merritt College is 5.3%. 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.

Merritt College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,289 undergraduate students at Merritt College, with 980 being full-time and 5,309 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 980 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	163
Black or African American	224
Hispanic or Latino	327
White	160
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	86

Online Learning at Merritt College

In 2020-2021, 5,823 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.

Online Growth Rankings of Merritt College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Merritt College was 23.4%. This is the #860 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Merritt College 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.