Facts, Rankings & Accolades

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)

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