Student Population at Merritt

A total of 6,289 students have enrolled at Merritt College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 2,125 male and 4,164 female students are attending the school. By attendance status, there are 980 full-time students and 5,309 part-time students.

The number of students at Merritt College is small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Compton College and Lake Tahoe Community College, its population is very large (average population is 4,488).

Merritt College offers online degree/certificate programs and 5,416 students enrolled in online programs.

By gender, there are 2,125 male and 4,164 female students attending the school. The male-to-female ratio is 0.51 to 1 and the ratio is very lower (more women students at the school) (the average male-to-female ratio over all U.S. colleges is 0.75 to 1).

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

By age, there are 3,273 students whose age under twenty five and 2,118 students whose age is over thirty years old at Merritt College.

Especially, 803 students are younger than eighteen and 58 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Merritt College, 5,823 students (92.59% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,416 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, 5,133 students live in California where Merritt College is located in and 0 students have enrolled from other states.