Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Merced, CA
Population 300,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 3,604 (99% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 307 (94% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,412
Men / Women 55% / 45%
From State 98%
From Region 0%
Athletes 2.8%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 55%
Asian 24%
White 9%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Engineering 385 81% / 19% 0% $89,668 90 94%
Bioengineering 25 52% / 48% 0% $84,481 86 92%
Civil Engineering 28 68% / 32% 0% $86,708 88
Environmental Engineering 12 50% / 50% 0% $78,754 81 89%
Materials Science and Engineering 5 100% / 0% 0% $86,565 88
Mechanical Engineering 114 88% / 12% 1% $80,612 83 96%
Computer Science and Engineering 201 +2 84% / 16% 0% $96,591 94 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Natural Sciences 372 43% / 57% 1% $64,237 57 95%
Applied Mathematical Sciences 28 75% / 25% 0% $75,220 77 100%
Chemistry 28 39% / 61% 0% $60,666 48 100%
Earth Systems Science 22 36% / 64% 0% $58,754 42
Physics 13 +1 92% / 8% 0% $68,112 65
Biological Sciences 280 +1 38% / 62% 2% $63,748 56 94%
Environmental Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts 925 34% / 66% 1% $54,511 29 93%
Public Health 101 +10 24% / 76% 0% $52,316 23 100%
Business Administration and Management $58,111 40
Economics 23 +2 61% / 39% 0% $67,524 64 90%
Management 191 +7 61% / 39% 2% $63,898 56
Anthropology 16 +2 38% / 62% 0% $47,682 13 90%
Cognitive Science 57 +11 39% / 61% 0% $54,297 28 89%
Comparative Literature $48,808 15
Ethnic Studies 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $47,867 13
History 17 53% / 47% 0% $40,952 5 86%
Literature 6 33% / 67% 0%
Literatures in English 12 +3 67% / 33% 0% $54,385 29 96%
Philosophy 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $47,209 12
Political Science 64 +7 27% / 73% 3% $55,956 34 87%
Psychological Sciences 325 +40 22% / 78% 1% $52,347 23
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Sociology 78 +11 23% / 77% 1% $46,759 11 94%
Spanish 7 +4 43% / 57% 0% $48,664 15
Global Arts Studies 13 +1 15% / 85% 0% $41,995 6

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,690
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $55,891
Est. In-State Cost $20,297
Est. Out-of-State Cost $72,301
ROI Percentile 58th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 11%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 35.5% 597 27% / 73% 1% $51,617 21 90%
Life & Natural Sciences 16.6% 280 38% / 62% 2% $63,748 56 94%
Business & Economics 12.7% 214 61% / 39% 1% $64,288 57 90%
Computer Science 12.0% 201 84% / 16% 0% $96,591 94 94%
Engineering 10.9% 184 78% / 22% 1% $82,106 84 95%
Health Sciences 6.0% 101 24% / 76% 0% $52,316 23 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 5.4% 91 57% / 43% 0% $65,746 61 100%
Arts 0.8% 13 15% / 85% 0% $41,995 6
Agriculture & Food Science 0.1% 1 100% / 0% 0%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $18.0M #152 50% $0.4M 12 #170 154 22
Physical Sciences & Math $17.0M #144 61% $0.2M 20 #124 171 27
Humanities & Social Sciences $10.6M #146 12% $0.7M 29 #149 81 5
Life & Natural Sciences $9.3M #166 75% $0 18 #116 106 4
Health Sciences $5.0M #164 62% $0.1M 4 #195 20 1
Business & Economics $4.9M #102 41% $0 1 #242 15
Computer Science $2.9M #170 49% $0.1M 13 #78
Agriculture & Food Science $0.9M #163 89% $0 15 #39 52 7
Education $0.6M #274 71% $0.0M
Total $69.3M #180 51% $1.5M 112 #162 599 66

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 97%
Yield (Unbound) 4%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 97% 97% 97%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

Rankings