Merritt College Business Programs

Merritt College is a public institution located in Oakland, California. 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

How Do I Get Into Merritt College?

You can apply to Merritt College online at: web.peralta.edu/enrollment-2/

Merritt College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Merritt College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Merritt College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,914 a year. That adds up to $19,656 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Merritt College is 6.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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 2019-2020, 3,421 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 #862 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%.

Merritt College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	6	35	41
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	2	14	16
General Economics	0	15	15
Real Estate	4	2	6
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	2	3	5
General Business/Commerce	0	3	3
Small Business Administration/Management	2	0	2
TOTAL	16	72	88

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.