UC Merced 2018-19 Admissions Guide

Undergraduate Profile

50.5% Female 49% Male 0.5% Declined to State

48% 23% 13%

Chicano/Latino

Asian White

5% 5% 4% 1% 1%

African-American Nonresident alien Two or more races

Pacific Islander

Unknown/

Declined to state

6,815 Undergraduate Students 521

7,336 Campus Enrollment

99% of students are from California

Graduate Students

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

92.2% First Year 7.8% Transfer

71%

76.4% 68.2%

All Undergraduates First Year

New Transfer

Student Success Average Time to Degree * *2015-16 graduates

85.8% First-Time Freshmen 91.6% Transfers

85.5% First Generation

Retention Rate * *Fall 2015 students who returned for fall 2016

4.5 YEARS First-Time Freshmen 2.9 YEARS Transfers

88.5% First Generation

MOST POPULAR UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

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, FALL 2016

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