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Samuel Merritt University

Samuel Merritt University is a private campus in Oakland proper — federal locale codes class it as urban.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2001	$18,365
2002	$19,814
2003	$21,790
2004	$23,768

IPEDS Published price 2001–02 to 2004–05 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Samuel Merritt University reports 718 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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88.9%entered Fall 2004Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Samuel Merritt University rose from 55.6% (entered 1994) to 88.9% (entered 2004).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Cohorts at Samuel Merritt University run small — a few students either way swings Samuel Merritt University's percentages hard.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	75%
1992 cohort	75%
1994 cohort	55.6%
1995 cohort	76.5%
1996 cohort	100%
1997 cohort	88.9%
1998 cohort	72.7%
1999 cohort	68.8%
2000 cohort	66.7%
2001 cohort	50%
2002 cohort	78.6%
2003 cohort	71.4%
2004 cohort	88.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2004

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$24,812	$20,000
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$24,812	$21,000
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$24,990	$23,250
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$21,250	$20,875
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$19,715	$17,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$21,841	$14,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$21,375	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$20,500	$12,250
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$23,375	$14,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$15,750	$15,750
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,750	$15,750
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,739	$15,750
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,750	$18,750
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,750	$18,750
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$18,750	$18,750
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$18,750	$18,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$18,750	$18,746
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$18,750	$10,125
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$18,750	$13,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$18,750	$12,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$18,750	$15,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$18,750	$18,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$20,389	$12,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,825	$19,375

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$143,353

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$147,923

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$143,238

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

$23,768 tuition · 2004–05 718 undergraduates · Fall 2024

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Acceptance rate

55.8%Fall 2004Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	—
Fall 2002	58.9%
Fall 2003	62.8%
Fall 2004	55.8%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2004

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

981–1213Fall 2004 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1020	1160
Fall 2002	990	1040
Fall 2003	950	1090
Fall 2004	981	1213

IPEDS Fall 2001–2004, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

718Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Samuel Merritt University rose from 256 (Fall 2002) to 718 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	256
Fall 2003	285
Fall 2004	321
Fall 2005	353
Fall 2006	320
Fall 2007	416
Fall 2008	441
Fall 2009	517
Fall 2010	518
Fall 2011	518
Fall 2012	520
Fall 2013	506
Fall 2014	523
Fall 2015	506
Fall 2016	650
Fall 2017	821
Fall 2018	762
Fall 2019	708
Fall 2020	692
Fall 2021	677
Fall 2022	674
Fall 2023	712
Fall 2024	718

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

More about Samuel Merritt University

Faculty pay at Samuel Merritt University averages $137,388 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay.

For Fall 2024, Samuel Merritt University considered scores; no usable range is filed. California benchmarks are not Samuel Merritt University's own range.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Samuel Merritt University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Samuel Merritt University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Samuel Merritt University$143,238

California median$64,778

National median$53,781

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Samuel Merritt University, California and national reference values
Metric & basis	Samuel Merritt University	California median	National median
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$143,238	$64,778	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What earnings data does Samuel Merritt University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $143,238. Source and date limits.

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Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.