UC Merced 2017-18 Admitted Student Brochure

UC MERCED SNAPSHOT

STUDENT BODY PROFILE 2016

50.5% Female

6,815 Undergraduate Students 521

48% 23% 13%

Chicano/Latino

Asian White

7,336 Campus Enrollment

49% Male

5% 5% 4% 1% 1%

African-American Nonresident alien Two or more races Pacific Islander Unknown/ Declined to state

0.5% Declined to State

Graduate Students

99% of students are from California

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE 2016

92.2% First Year

71% All Undergraduates

First Generation Status * *First Generation is defined as neither parent having a 4-year college degree.

Average Time to Degree *

4.5 YEARS First-Time Freshmen 2.75 YEARS Transfers

76.4% First Year 68.2% New Transfer

7.8% Transfer

*2015-16 graduates

Retention Rate *

85.8% First-Time Freshmen

85.5% First Generation

91.6% Transfers

88.5% First Generation

*Fall 2015 students who returned for fall 2016

MOST POPULAR UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

2,550 School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts 1,981 School of Natural Sciences 1,698 School of Engineering 586 Undeclared UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL

Biological Sciences

Psychology

Computer Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Management and Business Economics

PLEASE NOTE: PERCENTAGES MAY NOT TOTAL 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. SOURCE: UC MERCED INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND DECISION SUPPORT DIVISION, FALL 2016

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