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unitid 122296 · Oakland, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)

Samuel Merritt University

enrollment 2023
2,449
predominant degree
Bachelor's

scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years

The record

admission rate

not reported

undergraduates

718

40th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

18%

undergrads on Pell grants

17th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

completion

not reported

sticker cost / yr

not reported

avg net price / yr

not reported

median earnings, 10 yr

$143,238

after entry, Title IV students

100th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

median grad debt

$20,825

23rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

what families actually pay

Cost

Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.

Net price by family income

not reported for any income bracket

Who enrolls, by family income

  • 0-30k
    23%
  • 30-48k
    13%
  • 48-75k
    15%
  • 75-110k
    11%
  • 110k+
    38%
Median family income
$30,597
First-generation students
32%
In-state tuition & fees
$23,768

earnings · debt · programs

Outcomes

Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid

Ten years out, the median graduate earns 6.9× the median graduate debt.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.

What programs pay — top fields of study

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.511$148,857$25,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.224$172,868
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.79
Medicine.39
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.38$132,340
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.33
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.9$85,038
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.1
Medicine.$172,271
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.

— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.

annual scorecard files, 1996–2026

Trajectory

Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.

Admission rate

Price per year

no years reported

Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

Undergraduates

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built 2026-07-17

Provenance

  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.