Merritt College
| Type | Community college |
|---|---|
| Established | 1954 |
| President | Dr. Norma Ambriz-Galaviz |
| Students | 6,000 |
| Location | Oakland, California, USA |
| Campus | Suburban: 125 acres (0.5 km²) |
| Colors | Royal Blue, Gold and White |
| Nickname | Thunderbirds |
| Affiliations | California Community Colleges and Peralta Community College District |
| Website | http://merritt.peralta.edu |
Coordinates: 37°47′19.72″N 122°9′59.01″W / 37.7888111°N 122.1663917°W
Merritt College is a two-year community college located in the Oakland Hills section of Oakland in Alameda County, California. Merritt, like the other three campuses of the Peralta Community College District, is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school's enrollment is approximately 6,000 students.
Merritt College (named for physician Dr. Samuel Merritt) was opened as a general campus in 1954. Merritt College was originally located on Grove Street in north Oakland, but was removed and sited on Campus Drive in the hills of East Oakland.
The original Merritt College was located at what is now 5714 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (then called Grove Street) in the flatlands of North Oakland. In 1923, the campus of University High School was built for children of faculty of the University of California in Berkeley. The campus closed during World War II, but was reopened as the Merritt School of Business in 1946. In 1954, the Oakland Unified School District, then operating the Merritt campus and the Laney Trade and Technical School, formed Oakland Junior College (later renamed Oakland City College). In 1960, the same year as the opening of Skyline High School, OUSD decided to relocated Merritt College from Grove Street to the hills of East Oakland.
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