Fall 2024 UC Merced Undergraduate Guide

Calista Lum ‘22 Alumni SPOTLIGHT

Financial Aid

Scholarships &

An Excellent education with an affordable Price Tag

About $ 21,868

84 %

of UC Merced students received financial aid*

is the average annual gift aid offered to eligible UC Merced students

2023-24 Cost of Attendance **

$14,840

California resident tuition and fees

$20,240

Room and board (on campus, average)

$1,214

Books and supplies (estimate)

SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID

Recognized as #1 public university in the nation for percentage of students who received need-based

$880

Transportation (on campus, estimate)

$1,926

Personal expenses (on campus, estimate)

scholarship or grant aid U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, 2021

$2,290

Health insurance***

Degree Physics, B.S., Natural Sciences Education minor

For more information on the estimated cost of attendance, visit financialaid.ucmerced.edu/cost-attendance .

Hometown Fairfield, Calif.

Estimate your FINANCIAL AID AWARD with the FINANCIAL AID NET PRICE CALCULATOR finaidcalc.ucmerced.edu

#4 for creating social mobility and #8 for economic diversity of its students U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, 2022

UC Merced is … a place where I have met lifelong friends and have gained the support of a passionate and caring community. It is where I have been able to pursue life- changing opportunities that I don’t think I would have been exposed to anywhere else.

* 2022-23 academic year ** UCTuition remains flat for up to six years under the Tuition Stability Plan. It includes systemwide tuition (the cost of classes for California resident students), and student services fees for areas such as student government, student public transportation, and building improvements.These fees are set regardless of the method of instruction and will not be refunded in the event instruction occurs remotely for any part of the academic year. Nonresidents will pay an additional $32,574 in tuition. Please note: 2024-25 tuition is not yet available. *** The campus medical health insurance charge will be waived for students who provide proof of insurance.

Calista, seen here wearing an official flight suit, was presented with the opportunity to intern at NASA through her work in the Merced nAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES), a research center at UC Merced that is supported by a grant from NASA.

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