Merritt College
Oakland, California
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 5,288 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Plant SciencesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,146
- Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reported
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 201 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 95 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (38)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherCertificate · 0 finished
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 33 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,618
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyCertificate · 0 finished
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Educational/Instructional Media DesignCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $37,986
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $40,792
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $25,749
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 113 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 91 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Natural Resources and Conservation, OtherCertificate · 0 finished
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public HealthCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,865
- Real EstateCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degreeNationally: $27,917
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 68 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,910
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,360per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,408sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,258Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 26%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,2196 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $46,74310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Merritt College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.
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