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Merritt College

12500 Campus Dr, Oakland, CA 94619 · Public 2-year · (510) 531-4911 · School website

Average net price

$14,021

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

118

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

26.4%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

10.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Merritt College

Merritt College reported 118 certificate and associate completions in 4 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in EMT and paramedic (81). College Scorecard counts 5,288 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
EMT and paramedic	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	81	Not published
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	23	Not published
Medical assistant	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Merritt College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,258
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,258
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $9,898
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,492
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $14,021
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $44,392

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Merritt College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other EMT and paramedic programs within 40 miles

Chabot CollegeHayward, CA · 10.7 mi
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Contra Costa CollegeSan Pablo, CA · 15.5 mi
City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · 16.1 mi
Skyline CollegeSan Bruno, CA · 19.7 mi
Las Positas CollegeLivermore, CA · 20.8 mi

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