Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2022)

• 2,523 Undergraduate Engineering Students
  • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
  • 56% URM (1408 underrepresented minority)
• 262 Graduate Engineering Students (2021-22)
  • 228 Ph.D.
  • 34 M.S.
• 537 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2021-22)
  • 479 B.S.
  • 25 M.S.
  • 33 Ph.D.
• Ethnicities (UG) Fall 2022:
  • 47% Hispanic
  • 28% Asian 
  • 10% White
  • 4% African-American/Black
  • 4% International
  • 4% Multi-ethnic
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

UC Merced Demographics
(Fall 2022)

• 9,104 Total Enrollment
  • 8,344 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  •   760  Graduate Student Enrollment
• 67% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities (UG):
  • 55% Hispanic
  • 21% Asian 
  • 8% White
  • 5% African-American/Black
  • 5% International
  • 4% Multi-ethnic
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (2022)

• 69 ladder-rank faculty (28% Women)
• 26 Professors (38%)
• 20 Associate Professors (29%)
• 23 Assistant Professors (33%)
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 13 NSF Career Awardees
• 3 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships
• $54.8 million dollars in research awards (2021-22)

School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

UC Merced Rankings

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

• Top 100 National Universities 3 Years Running (USNWR)
• #5 for creating social mobility (USNWR, 2023)
• #13 for economic diversity  (USNWR, 2023)
• #15 California Universities (USNWR, 2023)
• #15 R2 Nationally (USNWR, 2023)
• TOP 25 | #23 among public universities (Washington Monthly, 2022)
• TOP 25 | #25 Global Most Innovative (World Universities with Real Impact, 2022)
• TOP 50 | #42 Overall Public Universities (USNWR, 2023)
• TOP 50 |  #49 Nationally (Washington Monthly, 2022)
• TOP 100 | #97 Overall National Universities (USNWR)
• TOP 100 | #80 Best Colleges by Value (Money Magazine, 2022)

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