Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2021)

• 2,369 Undergraduate Engineering Students
  • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
  • 57% URM (1360 underrepresented minority)
• 262 Graduate Engineering Students
  • 228 Ph.D.
  • 34 M.S.
• 490 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2020-21)
  • 428 B.S.
  • 39 M.S.
  • 23 Ph.D.
• Ethnicities (UG):
  • 49% Hispanic
  • 26% Asian 
  • 11% White
  • 4% African-American/Black
  • 5% International
  • 4% Multi-ethnic
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

UC Merced Demographics
(Fall 2021)

• 9,093 Total Enrollment
  • 8,321 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  •   772  Graduate Student Enrollment
• 71% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities (UG):
  • 54% Hispanic
  • 19% Asian 
  • 11% White
  • 4% African-American/Black
  • 9% International
  • 3% Multi-ethnic
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (2021)

• 72 ladder-rank faculty (27% Women)
• 23 Professors (32%)
• 20 Associate Professors (28%)
• 29 Assistant Professors (40%)
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 14 NSF Career Awardees
• 3 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships
• $18.6 million dollars in research awards (2020-21)

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 Three 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