Samuel Merritt University
⌖ Oakland, CA · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$147,667Observed earnings · year 5
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
Cost, completion and earnings context
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$147,667Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
718Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$119,508Year 1
$148,182Year 4
$147,667Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Medicine · Doctoral Degree$165,8292Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$155,5873Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$148,1934Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Doctoral Degree$147,0555Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$144,5776Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$94,8137Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Master's Degree$90,854Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in CA
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Pasadena, CA
California Institute of Technology
- Annual net price
- $16,075
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $136,775
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +276%
Stanford University
- Annual net price
- $13,807
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $132,900
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +274%
Harvey Mudd College
- Annual net price
- $35,924
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $154,095
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +237%
Claremont McKenna College
- Annual net price
- $28,849
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $108,186
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +114%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | Doctoral Degree | $165,829 | Not available |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $155,587 | Not available |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $148,193 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Doctoral Degree | $147,055 | Not available |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Master's Degree | $144,577 | Not available |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Doctoral Degree | $94,813 | Not available |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's Degree | $90,854 | Not available |
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.