Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2024)

• 2,935 Undergraduate Engineering Students
  
  • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
  • 49% URM (1447 underrepresented minority)
  • 54% are First-Generation
• 265 Graduate Engineering Students (2023-24)
  
  • 219 Ph.D.
  • 46 M.S.
• 434 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2023-24)
  
  • 350 B.S.
  • 29 M.S. | 5 M.M.
  • 50 Ph.D.
• Ethnicities (UG) Fall 2024:
  
  • 44% Hispanic (1,293)
  • 31% Asian (912)
  • 10% White (289)
  • 5% African-American/Black (144)
  • 3% International (88)
  • 5% Multi-ethnic (146)
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander (10)

UC Merced Demographics (Fall 2024)

• 9,110 Total Enrollment
  
  • 8,372 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  • 738 Graduate Student Enrollment
  • 62% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities (UG):
  
  • 53% Hispanic
  • 23% Asian
  • 9% White
  • 5% African-American/Black
  • 5% Multi-ethnic
  • 4% International
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (FALL 2024)

• 72 ladder-rank faculty (30% Women)
  • 31 Professors (43%)
  • 21 Associate Professors (29%)
  • 20 Assistant Professors (28%)
• 11 Teaching Faculty
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 18 NSF Career Awardees
• 5 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships

Research Impact

• $25.1 million dollars in research awards (2023-24)
• R2  - Youngest University Ever to Earn Carnegie R2 Research Classification 

School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

UC Merced Rankings

Wall Street Journal

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