by our College Data Analytics TeamSamuel Merritt University earned 23 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 4 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #6 of 2,080 in Highest Paid Graduates, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
Samuel Merritt University holds 23 ranking badges across 1 field of study, 15 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 rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 3 |
| Top 5% | 12 |
| Top 10% | 4 |
| Top 15% | 4 |
| Total | 23 |
Samuel Merritt University is best known for Health Professions: 10 of its 22 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Rehabilitation Professions.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Best | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (California) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Diversity (California) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (California) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (Far Western) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (California) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Allied Health Professions | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Medicine | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Nursing | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Rehabilitation Professions | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Samuel Merritt University earned 1 badge across 1 online program in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #23 of 510 in Most Popular Online for Nursing.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
Samuel Merritt University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,591 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 33%).
Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Samuel Merritt University appears in 39 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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