Samuel Merritt University

Oakland, California · Private, nonprofit

Graduate earnings

1of 1 assessed undergraduate program

has graduates earning more than a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year).

1 of 1 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The 11 graduate programs are in the table.

Average net price, all familiesnot reported

What it would cost

ED reports no net price for this school, so there is no cost figure to show. Its own cost page, or its net price calculator, is the place to check.

Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical California high-school graduate ($36,976 a year).

7 of 12 programs could be assessed 58% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical California high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Debt as years of gain	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$148,193	+$111,217	clears the bar	$20,000	0.2 yrs	511
Nursing	Master's Degree	$155,587	+$118,611	above HS line	$139,395	1.2 yrs	224
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$144,577	+$107,601	above HS line	$175,398	1.6 yrs	38
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$90,854	+$53,878	above HS line	not published	not assessed	9
Medicine	Doctoral Degree	$165,829	+$128,853	above HS line	$244,534	1.9 yrs	not published
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$94,813	+$57,837	above HS line	$166,163	2.9 yrs	not published
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$147,055	+$110,079	above HS line	$142,137	1.3 yrs	not published
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	not published	not assessed	earnings not published	not published	not assessed	79
Medicine	First Professional Degree	not published	not assessed	earnings not published	not published	not assessed	39
Nursing	First Professional Degree	not published	not assessed	earnings not published	not published	not assessed	33
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	not published	not assessed	earnings not published	not published	not assessed	1
Nursing	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	not reported	not reported	nothing reported	not reported	not reported	not reported

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,976 a year.
Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.