Student Population at Merritt

The following chart compares Merritt's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California.

Merritt has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 5,521 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California average (11,761 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Merritt College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,625 male and 4,397 female students attending Merritt. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.60 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Merritt.

By age, there are 3,590 students whose age under twenty five and 2,510 students whose age is over thirty years old at Merritt College.

Especially, 964 students are younger than eighteen and 102 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Merritt College.

At Merritt College, 4,950 students (70.49% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,355 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 3,244 students live in California where Merritt College is located in and 0 students have enrolled from other states.