Graduate Programs & Tuition at Samuel Merritt University

Samuel Merritt University (Samuel Merritt) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Oakland, CA.

It offers 13 graduate programs - 8 Master's, 4 Doctorate, and 1 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $49,786.

A total of 1,191 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,926 students at Samuel Merritt. Samuel Merritt offers online graduate programs and 222 out of 1,191 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Samuel Merritt's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $49,786. It offers thirteen (13) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Samuel Merritt University
Type	Four-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	3100 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA
Graduate School Students	1,153 students 222 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)	$49,786
Student to Faculty	5:1 (20.00%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 13 Graduate Programs 8 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Samuel Merritt University

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Samuel Merritt University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $49,786 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,611.

2025 Tuition & Fees

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$49,786
Cost per Credit	$1,611

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Tuition & Fees	$53,468	$54,521	$57,365	$58,126	$49,786

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Samuel Merritt University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 13 major areas - 8 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 1 Post-Master's. 200 students have been conferred Master's degree and 151 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	200	151	-	-
Men	41	46	-	-
Women	159	105	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physician Assistant	45	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry	NOT OFFER		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Clinical/Medical Social Work		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	6		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFER		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Nursing Education		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	74	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Nurse Anesthetist		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	53	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFER		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Clinical Nurse Leader	22	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Samuel Merritt graduate schools have a total of 1,153 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 275 male and 878 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 798 full-time and 355 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 222 students enrolled through online exclusively.

By race/ethnicity 234 White, 121 Black, and 385 Asian students are attending at Samuel Merritt University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

12 grad students are younger than 22 and 179 students are older than 65. It has 673 students aged between 22 and 30 and 327 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,153
Men	275
Women	878

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,153
Full-time Students	798
Part-time Students	355

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,153
American Indian / Native American	1
Asian	385
Black	121
Hispanic	274
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	234
Two or more races	113
Un-Known	18

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,153
21 & Under	12
22-24	224
25-29	449
30-34	215
35-39	112
40 & Over	179

Online Population

At Samuel Merritt University graduate schools, 222 students enrolled online exclusively and 0 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,191
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	222
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	969

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	222
California Resident	213
Other State In U.S.	9
Outside of U.S.	0

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