Enrollment Trends at Samuel Merritt

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.

38.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 61.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 179 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 154 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.43 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Samuel Merritt than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		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

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.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		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

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.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		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

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).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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