UC Merced 2019-20 Undergraduate Viewbook

undergraduate campus profile

campus diversity

5% African-American

1% Pacific Islander

20% Asian

10% White

3% Two or more races 1% Unknown/ Decline to state

53% Chicano/Latino 7% Nonresidents

gender

94% First Year 6% Transfer entering class enrollment

OUR DIVERSE

51% Female 49% Male <1% Unknown

COMMUNITY

fast facts

campus enrollment

first-generation status *

7,967 Total Enrollment

72% All Undergraduates

7,375 Undergraduate Students

592 Graduate Students

75% First Year

64% New Transfer

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

UC Merced is #10 in the U.S. for the graduation rate of first-generation students as published in Washington Monthly 2017 College Rankings

3 years on Princeton Review list of Most Environmentally Responsible Colleges

6 years on Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” list

PLEASE NOTE: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. SOURCE: UC Merced Institutional Research and Decision Support, fall 2017

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2019-20 UC Merced Undergraduate Viewbook