Facts, Rankings & Accolades

School of Engineering Demographics  (Fall 2025)

• 3,018 Undergraduate Engineering Students
  
  • 19% Women (UG engineering students)
  • 53% URM (1604 underrepresented minority)
  • 56%  First-Generation
• 257 Graduate Engineering Students (2024-25)
  
  • 229 Ph.D.
  •   28 M.S.
• 427 Engineering Degrees Awarded (2024-25)
  
  • 371 B.S.
  • 23 M.S.
  • 33 Ph.D.
• Ethnicities (UG) Fall 2025:
  
  • 48% Hispanic (1,445)
  • 29% Asian (877)
  • 10% White (309)
  •   5% African-American/Black (151)
  •   1% International (19)
  •   5% Multi-ethnic (160)
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander (10)

UC Merced Demographics (Fall 2025)

• 8,943 Total Enrollment
  
  • 8,243 Undergraduate Student Enrollment
  • 700 Graduate Student Enrollment
  • 62% of Undergraduates are First-Generation
• Ethnicities (UG) Fall 2025:
  
  • 56% Hispanic
  • 23% Asian
  •   9% White
  •   5% African-American/Black
  •   5% Multi-ethnic
  •   1% International
  • <1% American Indian/Pacific Islander

School of Engineering Faculty (FALL 2025)

• 69 ladder-rank faculty (26% Women)
  • 26 Professors (38%)
  • 23 Associate Professors (33%)
  • 20 Assistant Professors (29%)
• 11 Teaching Faculty
• 1 National Academy of Engineers Member
• 19 NSF Career Awardees
• 5 Other Federal Young Investigator Awardees
• 2 Endowed Professorships

Research Impact

• $21.5 million dollars in research awards (AY2024-25)
• We are R1 | UC Merced Earns Carnegie R1 Classification
• Two 2025 Distinctions | Carnegie Opportunity Classifications 

School of Engineering Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

UC Merced Rankings

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