Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2020)

• 2,296 Undergraduate Engineering Students
• 20% of undergraduate engineering students are women
• 250 Graduate Engineering Students
  • 209 Ph.D.
  • 41 M.S.
• 375 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2019-20)
  • 334 B.S.
  • 20 M.S.
  • 21 Ph.D.

UC Merced Demographics
(Fall 2020)

• 9,018 Total Enrollment
  • 8,276 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  • 742 Graduate Student Enrollment
• 73% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities:
  • 50% Hispanic
  • 24% Asian 
  • 10% White
  • 7% African-American/Black
  • 7% International
  • 4% Multi-ethnic
  • 1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (2020)

• 72 ladder-rank faculty
• 23 Professors (32%)
• 20 Associate Professors (28%)
• 29 Assistant Professors (40%)
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 13 NSF Career Awardees
• $11.1 million dollars in research awards (2019-20)
• 3 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships

School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

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