University of California-Merced
Cost & Tuition
In-State Tuition: $14,167
In-State Cost of Attendance: $37,098
Out-of-State Tuition: $44,944
Out-of-State Cost of Attendance: $67,875
Student Debt
Median total debt: $12,750
Students with federal loans: 31.4%
Students with Pell grants: 59.0%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $39,692
After 5 years: $62,884
Majors(27 programs)
- Biology, General.(287 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(241 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(178 graduates)
- Mechanical Engineering.(146 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(134 graduates)
- Public Health.(122 graduates)
- Sociology.(77 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(69 graduates)
- Cognitive Science.(61 graduates)
- Chemistry.(38 graduates)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering.(34 graduates)
- Applied Mathematics.(31 graduates)
- History.(20 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(19 graduates)
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.(19 graduates)
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.(14 graduates)
- Anthropology.(14 graduates)
- Economics.(13 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(10 graduates)
- Physics.(8 graduates)
- Materials Engineering(7 graduates)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.(6 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(3 graduates)
- Philosophy.(3 graduates)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
- Social Sciences, General.
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 8,372 students
Admission Rate: 39.2%
Retention Rate: 83.1%
Graduation Rate: 69.2%
Student Demographics
White (8.9%)
Hispanic (57.7%)
Black (4.9%)
Asian (22.4%)
Two or More (4.4%)
International (0.3%)
Gender Distribution
Men (52.5%)
Women (47.5%)