Merritt College
About
Merritt College is a public community college in Oakland, California, United States. Merritt, like the other three campuses of the Peralta Community College District, is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The college enrolls approximately 6,000 students.
Outcomes & equity
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
What families actually pay
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Faculty
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Merritt College vs IPEDS peer group
The peer institutions Merritt College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMerritt College | 26% | — | 7,022 | $14,742 | Community College |
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | — | — | 6,510 | $12,851 | Community College |
Central Carolina Community College | — | — | 5,882 | $616 | Community College |
Central Texas College | — | — | 8,373 | $6,408 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | — | — | 6,296 | $3,166 | Community College |
College of Marin | — | — | 4,838 | $15,517 | Community College |
Columbus State Community College | — | — | 28,081 | $7,233 | Community College |
Cuyahoga Community College District | — | — | 17,840 | $4,538 | Community College |
Des Moines Area Community College | — | — | 23,697 | $11,050 | Community College |
Durham Technical Community College | — | — | 5,157 | $1,183 | Community College |
Eastern Arizona College | — | — | 5,213 | $9,765 | Community College |
Eastern Iowa Community College District | — | — | 7,426 | $9,722 | Community College |
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | — | — | 6,420 | $5,594 | Community College |
Hutchinson Community College | — | — | 5,119 | $5,300 | Community College |
Iowa Western Community College | — | — | 5,540 | $11,574 | Community College |
Ivy Tech Community College | — | — | 110,710 | $6,544 | Community College |
Jefferson Community and Technical College | — | — | 13,429 | $6,058 | Community College |
Kapiolani Community College | — | — | 5,914 | $5,194 | Community College |
Laney College | — | — | 9,328 | $15,805 | Community College |
Laurel Ridge Community College | — | — | 5,902 | $5,586 | Community College |
Lincoln Land Community College | — | — | 5,677 | $5,294 | Community College |
Metropolitan Community College Area | — | — | 16,642 | $4,005 | Community College |
Monroe Community College | — | — | 8,641 | $6,569 | Community College |
Moraine Valley Community College | — | — | 11,296 | $1,771 | Community College |
North Central Texas College | — | — | 8,106 | $6,714 | Community College |
Owens Community College | — | — | 7,854 | $10,202 | Community College |
Parkland College | — | — | 6,014 | $8,271 | Community College |
Pitt Community College | — | — | 7,684 | $7,150 | Community College |
Rock Valley College | — | — | 5,978 | $7,325 | Community College |
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | — | — | 7,028 | $4,842 | Community College |
Southwestern Illinois College | — | — | 8,492 | $7,210 | Community College |
St Philip's College | — | — | 17,299 | $4,873 | Community College |
Triton College | — | — | 9,842 | $4,427 | Community College |
Waubonsee Community College | — | — | 8,305 | $6,113 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 26% | — | 7,555 | $6,476 |
Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
It is the mission of the Office of Planning, Research & Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE) to provide data, information, and analyses to Merritt College in support of institutional decision making, planning and evaluation of services provided to the students and community.
Visit IR office page- Nathan PellegrinDirector of Research & Planning
Documents & reports (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni (8)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Saundra Brown ArmstrongLaw
- John Bailey (American actor)Entertainment
- Elbert HowardActivism
- Grady LivingstonPolitics
- Marvin XLiterature
- Master PMusic
- Patricia Rodriguez (artist)Art
- Sheng ThaoPolitics
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