Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics 

• 2,262 Undergraduate Engineering Students (2019)
• 20% of undergraduate engineering students are women (2018)
• 230 Graduate Engineering Students
  • 183 Ph.D.
  • 47 M.S.
• 300 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2017-18)
  • 265 B.S.
  • 15 M.S.
  • 20 Ph.D.

UC Merced Demographics
(Fall 2019)

• 8,847 Total Enrollment
  • 8,151 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  • 696 Graduate Student Enrollment
• 74% of undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities:
  • 53% Hispanic
  • 18% Asian 
  • 10% International
  • 10% White
  • 4% African-American/Black
  • 3% Multi-ethnic
  • 1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (2018)

• 63 ladder-rank faculty
• 25 Professors (40%)
• 16 Associate Professors (25%)
• 25 Assistant Professors (40%)
• 11 NSF Career Awardees
• $11.5 million dollars in research awards (2017-18)
• 3 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships

School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Best Graduate Schools

UC Merced Rankings

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

• Top 100 by US News and World Report (USNWR)
• #1 in the nation for outperforming expected graduation rates
• #3 US Universities by Times Higher Ed Young University Rankings
• #5 in the nation for social mobility
• #40 Top Public Schools 
• #13 among public universities for Best Undergraduate Teaching
• #11 among public universities and No. 1 in the UC for student participation in undergraduate research and creative projects
• #27 among public universities for alumni giving rate
• #77 in Most Innovative universities
• #97 Overall amongst public and private institutions, climbing 68 spots in four years (USNWR)

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

• #6 in the nation for sustainability; a jump of 44 spots from #50 in 2017