2019-20 Undergraduate Admissions Guide

gender

entering class enrollment

94% First Year 6% Transfer

51% Female 49% Male

enrollment BY school

39% School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts 29% School of Natural Sciences 27% School of Engineering 5% Undeclared

UC Merced is #10 in the U.S. for the graduation rate of first-generation students as published in Washington Monthly 2017 College Rankings

fast facts

retention rate*

*Fall 2016 students who returned for fall 2017

81% First-Time Freshmen 94% Transfers

79% First Generation

92% First Generation

PLEASE NOTE: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. SOURCE: UC Merced Institutional Research and Decision Support, fall 2017