Enrollment Trends at Samuel Merritt

The student population at Samuel Merritt University is 1,911 (704 undergraduate and 1,207 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 369 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Samuel Merritt is 36.84% which is increased by 115 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 254 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.27 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

343 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,170.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,883 where 1,911 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

36.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 63.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 115 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 254 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.27 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 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,542	589	91	498	953	294	659
2014-15	1,553 11	574 -15	104 13	470 -28	979 26	304 10	675 16
2015-16	1,593 40	556 -18	100 -4	456 -14	1,037 58	307 3	730 55
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 0	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
Average	1,883	716	135	581	1,167	330	838

Samuel Merritt University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 716 where 704 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Samuel Merritt University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	589	494	74	420	95	17	78
2014-15	574	515	94	421	59	10	49
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
Average	716	716	111	428	716	24	152

Samuel Merritt University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,167 where 1,207 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Samuel Merritt University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	953	678	227	451	275	67	208
2014-15	979	718	239	479	261	65	196
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
Average	1,167	1,167	251	570	1,167	79	267

Samuel Merritt University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.87% and the percentage of black students is 8.84% at Samuel Merritt University. 35.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Samuel Merritt University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	6	416	62	189	21	682	92
2014-15	3	431	60	207	16	640	123
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
Average	5	590	115	334	18	596	123

Samuel Merritt University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

343 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,170.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Samuel Merritt University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,553	27	10	1,516
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
Average	1,921	230	12	1,678

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