How many students at Merritt? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 6,716 students have enrolled in Merritt College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 2,460 male and 4,256 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (6,261 students in average - public Associate's - Public Urban-serving Single Campus).

3,828 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,337 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Merritt College has a total of 6,716 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. All 6,716 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 2,460 male and 4,256 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
Undergraduate
Total6,716
Men2,460
Women4,256
Merritt College 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,124 White, 1,496 Black, and 1,128 Asian students out of a total of 6,716 are attending at Merritt College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1037
Asian1,128429699
Black1,496516980
Hispanic2,2617851,476
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders291019
White1,124457667
Two or more races372148224
Race Unknown25297155
Merritt College 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Merritt has 822 students under 18 years old and 109 students over 65 years old. There are 3,303 students under 25 years old, and 3,413 students over 25 years old out of 6,716 total students.

Student Age Distribution
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18822435387
18-19950513437
20-21749436313
22-24782486296
25-29930625305
30-34753528225
35-39559406153
40-49640462178
50-64422297125
Over 651096841
Merritt College 2024 Student Population by Age chartMerritt College 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Merritt College, 3,828 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,337 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,675 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 153 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students6,7163,8281,337
Undergraduate6,7163,8281,337
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,6758865
Merritt College 2024 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,716 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,172 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 17.45%.164 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,008 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time859
Transfer-in Full-time164
Regular Part-time4,685
Transfer-in Part-time1,008

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