UC MERCED AT-A-GLANCE
FACTS + FIGURES
UC Merced, the newest and most innovative campus, is at the spear point of not just the state, but the entire country. What happens here will ripple deeply, far into the future. UC Merced is growing rapidly, rising in the rankings, and making a difference in the valley, state and nation...
ESTablished
SEPTEMBER 5, 2005
"FASTEST GROWING PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION"
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
7,881
GRADUATE STUDENTS
663
STAFF AND FACULTY
1,529
ALUMNI
8,921
99%
OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS HAIL FROM CAlifornia
73%
of undergraduate students
are first generation.
double the national average
and highest of any uc.
90%
OF STUDENTS
receive some form of
financial assistance
54%
OF STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC.
UC MERCED IS A
DESIGNATED HISPANIC
SERVING INSTITUTION.
TOP UNDERGRADUATE
MAJORS
20.3%
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
12.4%
COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
11.4%
PSYCHOLOGY
9.6%
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
8.2%
MANAGEMENT
AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS
RANKED BY
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
#2
IN THE NATION FOR
OUTPERFORMING GRADUATION
RATE EXPECTATIONS
#15
AMONG NATIONAL
UNIVERSITIES FOR promoting
social mobility
#17
AMONG NATIONAL PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES FOR BEST
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
#67
TOP
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
TOP 100
UC MERCED MADE THE TOP 100 FOR AVERAGE ALUMNI GIVING RATE —
RANKING #44 AMONG NATIONAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND #96 OVERALL
"we are building the future..."
PHASE 1 OPENED AUGUST 2018
MERCED 2020 PROJECT
GRANITE PASS
600
SEATS OF ADDITIONAL
DINING SPACE
GLACIER POINT
210,000
COMBINED
SQUARE FEET
THE PAVILION
20
ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS,
STUDENT LIFE AND STUDY SPACES
20
2016 THOMSON REUTERS'
PROJECT FINANCE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
AMERICAS P3 DEAL OF THE YEAR
20
2017 p3 gold award
BEST SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
20
