WHO WE ARE
$17,000
Average financial aid award
for 2013 - 2014
83%
of students in a UC study said
they would choose to attend
UC Merced again.
75%
of UC Merced undergraduates
have participated in research
opportunities both inside and
outside the classroom.
20 : 1
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
#1
UC Merced ranked #1 in the UC
system for the percentage of its
students who felt comfortable
or very comfortable in classes.
#2
UC campus in percentage of
STEM graduates, and
concentration of programs
in bio/physical sciences and
psychology
#2
#3
#22
SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
CROSS COUNTRY
BASKETBALL
african american
asian
hispanic
native american
pacific islander
white
nonresident alien
two or more races
CULTURAL RICHNESS
31%
CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA
34%
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
29%
NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
UC MERCED STUDENTS
ARE FROM
SOURCE: UCOP Student/Workforce Data & UC Merced Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support
admissions.ucmerced.edu
ADMITTED TRANSFER
STUDENT GPA RANGE
3.06 - 3.58
94.12%
OF APPROVED TAGS WERE ADMITTED
FOR THE FALL 2014 SEMESTER.
TOP TENMAJORS
T R A N S F E R A P P L I C A T I O N S
by
1. PSYCHOLOGY
2. BIOLOGIAL SCIENCES
3. ECONOMICS
4. COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
5. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
6. MANAGEMENT
7. CHECMICAL SCIENCES
8. SOCIOLOGY
9. ANTHROPOLOGY
10. POLITICAL SCIENCE
ACCEPTANCE RATE
Y E A R
by
freshmen
transfers
2014
2,223
962
APPLIED
ADMITTED
15,288 9,780
2013
2,230
913
103
APPLIED
ADMITTED
ENROLLED
14,966 9,820 1,517
2012
2,233
119
1,041
APPLIED
ADMITTED
ENROLLED
13,148
1,329
9,874
2013
2014
43 . 3%
40.9%
2012
46.6%
97.6%
OF ADMITTED TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE FROM
COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
