Oakland, CA (population: 412,612) has one law and criminal justice school within its city limits. Merritt College has a total student population of 7,295. It is the 5889th highest ranked school in the USA and the 551st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about law and criminal justice programs in Oakland, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of law and criminal justice professors at Merritt College such as Alele Atkins, Margaret Dixon, Mildred Oliver, Vonbrauch, Lee White, and Linnea Willis.
Law and Criminal Justice students from Oakland schools who go on to become law and criminal justice professionals, corrections officers, jailers, court reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 556,790 people working as lawyers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $129,020. Also, Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators make on average $63,250 per year and there are about 8,110 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area alone, there are 50 employed arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earning an average salary of $95,240. Lawyers in this area earn $145,620/yr and there are 3,960 employed.
Oakland lies in Alameda county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area has 990,570 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $26/hr average worker wage, and a $54,590 average annual salary. Thus, about 4 out of every 1000 jobs in Oakland are held by lawyers, and 0/1000 are held by arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Merritt College ends up costing a student $9,221/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oakland |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 2.2 miles |
| San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 5.6 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 7.4 miles |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.7 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 11.7 miles |
| San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 12.6 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.3 miles |
| South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.3 miles |
| San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 15.3 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 16.1 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 17.3 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 18.3 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 20.5 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 23.6 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 25.0 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 27.5 miles |
| Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 28.3 miles |
| Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 29.7 miles |
| Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 30.9 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 34.6 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 36.9 miles |
| San Jose | CA | 977,893 | 9 | 20.6572 | 297 | 38.3 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 51.6 miles |
| Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 56.2 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 62.2 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 62.6 miles |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 65.7 miles |
| Woodland | CA | 56,758 | 0 | - | 0 | 67.5 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 67.7 miles |
| Sacramento | CA | 475,452 | 20 | 22.3687 | 626 | 68.7 miles |