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
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k11%
- 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
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
nearest neighbors in sector
Compare with peers
- Roseman University of Health Sciences →
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis →
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences →
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences →
- Kettering University →
- Northeastern University Professional Programs →
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology →
- Loma Linda University →
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.