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UC MERCED
WHO
Fast Facts
Top Majors for First Year Students First Year Admission Statistics*
Campus Diversity Student-Faculty Ratio Geographic Origins Gender
Total Enrollment
Biological
Sciences
Undeclared Psychology Management
and Business
Economics
Mechanical
Engineering
Computer Science
and Engineering
GPA: 3.4 - 3.9
Admit Rate: 73.3%
Test Scores:
SAT Total: 1390 - 1750
ACT Total: 19-27
* Ranges present the middle
50% of admitted students.
Undergraduate 6,815
Graduate 521
Total Headcount 7,336
19:1
Male: 49%
Declined to State: 0.5%
Female: 50.5%
*Percentages are rounded
99% of UC Merced students are
from California
Chicano/Latino – 48%
Asian – 23%
White – 13%
African-American – 5%
Nonresident alien – 5%
Two or more races – 4%
Pacific Islander – 1%
Unknown/
Declined to state – 1%
Northern California – 29.5%
Central California – 33.8%
Southern California – 36.3%
Nonresident/International – 0.4%
We Are
We pride ourselves on
accessibility, and offer 23
rigorous and contemporary major
programs in three academic
schools that will prepare students
for careers and graduate school
beyond college.
Our campus is small enough
to still be intimate, and
our students have formed
a close-knit community.
Attending UC Merced will
be much like a private
school experience, but at a
public school cost.
UC Merced is a hub for
research in the San Joaquin
Valley, and many students
have the opportunity to
conduct impactful research
with esteemed faculty as an
undergraduate.
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.
UC Merced is the newest
campus of the world-
reknowned University of
California system, and the
first research university
built in the 21st century.
UC Merced was ranked the 12th
most diverse university in the
nation by in 2015
SOURCE: UC MERCED INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND DECISION SUPPORT DIVISION, FALL 2016
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