2018 UCMerced InternationalBrochure

U C M E R C E D Fast Facts

Total Enrollment

Undergraduate

7,375

Graduate

592

Total Headcount 7,967

The Carnegie Foundation has designated UC Merced as

Student-Faculty Ratio

one of only 107 universities in the U.S. that are “doctoral-granting universities with higher research activity,” or R2, the second-highest classification for American research universities.

21:1

B E S T P U B L I C U N I V E R S I T I E S BEST

Small Class Sizes

UC Merced was recognized in 2017 as one of the best public universities in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges Rankings

26%

of classes have fewer than 20 students

International Students

220 from 36 countries

Our campus proudly serves the most ethnically and culturally diverse student body among all University of California campuses. We believe that educating students of every race, religion, sexual identity, geographic region and more strengthens our commitment to serving students who reflect the world we live in. We have been designated as a Hispanic-Serving and Asian-American/Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education.

Professors

348 86% Full-time instructional faculty

of faculty have Ph.D. or equivalent

UC Merced Office of Admissions

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SOURCE: UC MERCED INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND DECISION SUPPORT DIVISION, FALL 2017