Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2023)

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• 2,688 Undergraduate Engineering Students
  • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
  • 50% URM (1356 underrepresented minority)
• 283 Graduate Engineering Students (2022-23)
  • 240 Ph.D.
  • 43 M.S.
• 508 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2022-23)
  • 442 B.S.
  • 38 M.S.
  • 28 Ph.D.
• Ethnicities (UG) Fall 2023:
  • 46% Hispanic (1,231)
  • 30% Asian (807)
  • 10% White (268)
  • 4% African-American/Black (117)
  • 4% International (79)
  • 4% Multi-ethnic (135)
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander (8)

UC Merced Demographics
(Fall 2023)

• 9,148 Total Enrollment
  • 8,373 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  •   775  Graduate Student Enrollment
• 65% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities (UG):
  • 54% Hispanic
  • 22% Asian 
  • 9% White
  • 5% African-American/Black
  • 4% International
  • 4% Multi-ethnic
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (FALL 2023)

• 69 ladder-rank faculty (26% Women)
  • 27 Professors (39%)
  • 17 Associate Professors (25%)
  • 25 Assistant Professors (36%)
• 8 Teaching Faculty
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 16 NSF Career Awardees
• 4 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships
• $39.4 million dollars in research awards (2022-23)

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School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

UC Merced Rankings

U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges Rankings

• UC Merced Rises Nearly 40 Spots in Rankings (USNWR)
• TOP 20 | #15 among all US universities (Wall Street Journal 2023)
• TOP 30 | #28 among US public universities (USNWR 2024)
• TOP 50 | #49 among all US universities (Washington Monthly 2023)
• TOP 100 | #60 among all US universities (USNWR 2024)
• #4 for advancing social mobility (USNWR 2024)
• #7 for advancing economic mobility (Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index 2023)
• BEST COLLEGES | Princeton Review 2023
• #1 Greenest College Campuses in US (Ecowatch, 2022)
• #1 Sustainable Campus Index (AASHE, 2022)
• TOP 25 | #25 Global Most Innovative (World Universities with Real Impact, 2022)
• TOP 100 | #86 Top Colleges and Universities for Hispanics (Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine)

Sustainability

AASHE Sustainable Campus Index

• #1 in the nation for sustainable buildings
• #1 (tied) in the nation for sustainable research

Sierra Club's Cool Schools

• No. 7 Top Ten “Cool School,” Sierra magazine ‘2021 Cool Schools’ list