by our College Data Analytics TeamMerritt College earned 21 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 5 in the top 1%, 9 in the top 5%, 6 in the top 10% and 1 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #4 of 784 in Most Focused for Child Development & Family Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
Merritt College holds 21 ranking badges across 6 fields of study, 14 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Explore our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 5 |
| Top 5% | 9 |
| Top 10% | 6 |
| Top 15% | 1 |
| Total | 21 |
Merritt College is best known for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences: 4 of its 21 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Child Development & Family Studies, Horticulture and Liberal Arts General Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (California) | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Age Diversity (California) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (California) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Child Development & Family Studies | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ |
Merritt College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,151 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 44%).
The rankings above are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. Merritt College appears in 115 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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