2016 UC Merced At a Glance

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UC MERCED IS NUMBER TWO AMONG UC CAMPUSES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) GRADUATES AND RANKS AMONG THE TOP 50 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

1,368 STUDENTS ENROLLED

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

692

PSYCHOLOGY

484

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

393

MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS ECONOMICS

415

COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING

NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 24.9%

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

22%

5,884

UNDERGRADUATES

GREATER LOS ANGELES

22.1%

WOMEN 52%

384

GRADUATE STUDENTS

SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

6.8%

MEN

48%

6,268

TOTAL ENROLLMENT

OTHER CALIFORNIA REGIONS

24.2%

CHICANO/LATINO

46%

ASIAN

25%

CAUCASIAN

14%

65 % OF UNDERGRADUATES ARE FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

65 % OF STUDENTS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME

AFRICAN AMERICAN 6% TWO OR MORE RACES 4%

INTERNATIONAL

4%

PACIFIC ISLANDER

1%

UNKNOWN Percentages are rounded

1%

2014-15 data provided by Institutional Research and Decision Support division.

On the cover: Student Marisol Prada works on a solar kiosk fabrication machine in a mechanical engineering shop.

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