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Top 100 college in the nation for the third year in a row

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2023)

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  • 2,688 Undergraduate Engineering Students
    • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
    • 55% URM (1491 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 (2023)

  • 69 ladder-rank faculty (28% Women)
  • 27 Professors (39%)
  • 17 Associate Professors (25%)
  • 25 Assistant Professors (36%)
  • 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)
  • #5 for creating social mobility (USNWR, 2023)
  • #7 Economic Mobility Index (Third Way)
  • #12 Green Colleges (Princeton Review) 
  • #13 for economic diversity  (USNWR, 2023)
  • #15 California Universities (USNWR, 2023)
  • #15 R2 Nationally (USNWR, 2023)
  • #15 for public Universities | #3 in California (Wall Street Journal)
  • 4.5/5 Best Colleges in America Rating (Money Magazine, 2023)
  • List of Best Colleges in the US and Best in the West (Princeton Review, 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

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