Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 1,376 students out of 2,040 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at University of California-Merced. By gender, 639 male and 737 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (55.43% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total2,0401,37667.45%
Men97463965.61%
Women1,06673769.14%
University of California-Merced graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of Asian students is 79.09%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 77.78%, rate of Hispanic students is 63.64%, rate of White students is 64.74%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 75.00%, rate of Two or More Race students is 60.34%, and rate of Unknown students is 55.56% at University of California-Merced.
TotalMaleFemale
Asian79.09%(295/373) 79.26%(172/217) 78.85%(123/156)
Black (Non-Hispanic)77.78%(84/108) 79.07%(34/43) 76.92%(50/65)
Hispanic63.64%(721/1,133) 60.68%(304/501) 65.98%(417/632)
White64.74%(123/190) 61.76%(63/102) 68.18%(60/88)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander75.00%(9/12) 57.14%(4/7) 100.00%(5/5)
Two or More Race60.34%(35/58) 61.54%(16/26) 59.38%(19/32)
Unknown55.56%(5/9) 83.33%(5/6) -
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
University of California-Merced graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 895 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 417 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 959 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At UC Merced, the transfer-out rate is 22.50%. Its transfer-out rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (21.13% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of California-Merced, the retention rate is 82% for full-time students and 10 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (75.69% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
Retention Rates at University of California-Merced

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At University of California-Merced, 104 of 157 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 66.24%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

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