UC Merced 2017-18 First Year Viewbook

Fast Facts

SOURCE: UC MERCED INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND DECISION SUPPORT DIVISION, FALL 2016

UC MERCED

Top Majors for First Year Students

First Year Admission Statistics*

Total Enrollment

GPA: 3.4 - 3.9 Admit Rate: 73.3% Test Scores:

Undergraduate

6,815

Graduate

521

SAT Total: 1390 - 1750 ACT Total: 19-27

Biological Sciences

Undeclared

Computer Science and Engineering

Psychology

Mechanical Engineering

Management and Business Economics

Total Headcount 7,336

* Ranges present the middle 50% of admitted students.

Campus Diversity

Gender

Student-Faculty Ratio

Geographic Origins

99% of UC Merced students are from California

Chicano/Latino – 48% Asian – 23% White – 13% African-American – 5% Nonresident alien – 5% Two or more races – 4% Pacific Islander – 1% Unknown/ Declined to state – 1%

Female: 50.5%

19:1

Northern California – 29.5% Central California – 33.8% Southern California – 36.3% Nonresident/International – 0.4%

Male: 49%

Declined to State: 0.5%

*Percentages are rounded

We Are

WHO

UC Merced was ranked the 12th most diverse university in the nation by Bestcolleges.com in 2015

We pride ourselves on accessibility, and offer 23 rigorous and contemporary major programs in three academic schools that will prepare students for careers and graduate school beyond college.

Our campus is small enough to still be intimate, and our students have formed a close-knit community. Attending UC Merced will be much like a private school experience, but at a public school cost.

UC Merced is a hub for research in the San Joaquin Valley, and many students have the opportunity to conduct impactful research with esteemed faculty as an undergraduate.

Our campus proudly serves the most ethnically and culturally diverse student body among all University of California campuses. We believe that educating students of every race, religion, sexual identity, geographic region and more strengthens our commitment to serving students who reflect the world we live in. We have been designated as a Hispanic-Serving and Asian-American/Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education.

UC Merced is the newest campus of the world- reknowned University of California system, and the first research university built in the 21st century.

2017-18 First Year Viewbook

UC Merced Office of Admissions

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