Enrollment Trends at Samuel Merritt

The student population at Samuel Merritt University is 1,926 (735 undergraduate and 1,191 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 333 (20.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Samuel Merritt is 38.16% which is increased by 179 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 154 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 29 male students for every 100 female students, down from 34 in 2015.
331 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 329.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,955 where 1,926 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,141 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,593 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,593 to 1,926 students, a net gain of 333 (20.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Samuel Merritt University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,593	556	100	456	1,037	307	730
2016-17	1,907 314	738 182	129 29	609 153	1,169 132	329 22	840 110
2017-18	2,141 234	919 181	164 35	755 146	1,222 53	342 13	880 40
2018-19	2,054 -87	843 -76	176 12	667 -88	1,211 -11	346 4	865 -15
2019-20	2,029 -25	768 -75	141 -35	627 -40	1,261 50	356 10	905 40
2020-21	2,050 21	736 -32	150 9	586 -41	1,314 53	371 15	943 38
2021-22	2,048 -2	728 -8	150	578 -8	1,320 6	345 -26	975 32
2022-23	1,911 -137	704 -24	145 -5	559 -19	1,207 -113	303 -42	904 -71
2023-24	1,894 -17	741 37	139 -6	602 43	1,153 -54	275 -28	878 -26
2024-25	1,926 32	735 -6	130 -9	605 3	1,191 38	305 30	886 8
Average	1,955	747	142	604	1,209	328	881

Samuel Merritt University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 747 where 735 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Samuel Merritt University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	556	489	88	401	67	12	55
2016-17	738	521	102	419	217	27	190
2017-18	919	564	128	436	355	36	319
2018-19	843	569	138	431	274	38	236
2019-20	768	549	116	433	219	25	194
2020-21	736	535	120	415	201	30	171
2021-22	728	574	125	449	154	25	129
2022-23	704	587	129	458	117	16	101
2023-24	741	557	116	441	184	23	161
2024-25	735	599	111	488	136	19	117
Average	747	747	117	437	747	25	167

Samuel Merritt University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,209 where 1,191 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Samuel Merritt University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,037	785	248	537	252	59	193
2016-17	1,169	869	258	611	300	71	229
2017-18	1,222	865	261	604	357	81	276
2018-19	1,211	840	258	582	371	88	283
2019-20	1,261	881	271	610	380	85	295
2020-21	1,314	929	282	647	385	89	296
2021-22	1,320	844	249	595	476	96	380
2022-23	1,207	801	215	586	406	88	318
2023-24	1,153	798	208	590	355	67	288
2024-25	1,191	803	229	574	388	76	312
Average	1,209	1,209	248	594	1,209	80	287

Samuel Merritt University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.07% and the percentage of black students is 9.40% at Samuel Merritt University. 28.87% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 36.91% to 22.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 28.88% to 28.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.89% to 9.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.01% to 24.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7847 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7457 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Samuel Merritt University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	460	62	271	20	588	101
2016-17	6	559	87	329	17	672	110
2017-18	7	602	124	404	26	689	124
2018-19	8	675	134	371	18	617	121
2019-20	3	651	131	391	15	589	135
2020-21	4	713	156	368	18	557	135
2021-22	1	720	167	390	18	490	147
2022-23	3	677	169	421	15	437	141
2023-24	5	585	169	444	8	444	198
2024-25	2	556	181	480	14	425	213
Average	4	620	138	387	17	551	143

Samuel Merritt University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

331 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 329.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Samuel Merritt University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,593	77	19	1,497
2016-17	1,907	208	22	1,677
2017-18	2,141	259	18	1,864
2018-19	2,054	260	15	1,779
2019-20	2,029	292	0	1,737
2020-21	2,050	304	0	1,746
2021-22	2,048	302	28	1,718
2022-23	1,911	343	0	1,568
2023-24	1,894	378	0	1,516
2024-25	1,926	331	0	1,595
Average	1,955	275	10	1,670

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Enrollment Trends at Samuel Merritt

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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