Enrollment Trends at UC Merced

The student population at University of California-Merced is 9,103 (8,343 undergraduate and 760 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,343 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UC Merced is 91.65% which is increased by 2,912 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 431 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.95 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (University of California-Merced does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,711 where 9,103 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.65% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.35% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,912 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 431 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.95 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UC Merced.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Merced since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,760	5,431	2,725	2,706	329	201	128
2013-14	6,195 435	5,837 406	2,833 108	3,004 298	358 29	209 8	149 21
2014-15	6,268 73	5,884 47	2,851 18	3,033 29	384 26	217 8	167 18
2015-16	6,685 417	6,237 353	3,034 183	3,203 170	448 64	257 40	191 24
2016-17	7,336 651	6,815 578	3,340 306	3,475 272	521 73	291 34	230 39
2017-18	7,967 631	7,375 560	3,616 276	3,759 284	592 71	326 35	266 36
2018-19	8,544 577	7,881 506	3,812 196	4,069 310	663 71	354 28	309 43
2019-20	8,847 303	8,151 270	3,916 104	4,235 166	696 33	376 22	320 11
2020-21	9,018 171	8,276 125	3,913 -3	4,363 128	742 46	399 23	343 23
2021-22	9,093 75	8,321 45	3,972 59	4,349 -14	772 30	431 32	341 -2
2022-23	9,103 10	8,343 22	4,251 279	4,092 -257	760 -12	423 -8	337 -4
Average	7,711	7,141	3,478	3,663	570	317	253

University of California-Merced Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,141 where 8,343 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Merced since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,431	5,363	2,680	2,683	68	45	23
2013-14	5,837	5,776	2,789	2,987	61	44	17
2014-15	5,884	5,811	2,802	3,009	73	49	24
2015-16	6,237	6,164	2,979	3,185	73	55	18
2016-17	6,815	6,741	3,286	3,455	74	54	20
2017-18	7,375	7,297	3,563	3,734	78	53	25
2018-19	7,881	7,813	3,775	4,038	68	37	31
2019-20	8,151	8,080	3,868	4,212	71	48	23
2020-21	8,276	8,194	3,863	4,331	82	50	32
2021-22	8,321	8,227	3,919	4,308	94	53	41
2022-23	8,343	8,202	4,167	4,035	141	84	57
Average	7,141	7,141	3,426	3,634	7,141	52	28

University of California-Merced Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 570 where 760 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Merced since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	329	327	199	128	2	2	0
2013-14	358	356	208	148	2	1	1
2014-15	384	382	215	167	2	2	0
2015-16	448	448	257	191	0	0	0
2016-17	521	519	291	228	2	0	2
2017-18	592	589	324	265	3	2	1
2018-19	663	659	350	309	4	4	0
2019-20	696	694	375	319	2	1	1
2020-21	742	737	396	341	5	3	2
2021-22	772	769	428	341	3	3	0
2022-23	760	755	418	337	5	5	0
Average	570	570	315	252	570	2	1

University of California-Merced Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.74% and the percentage of black students is 4.43% at University of California-Merced. 20.38% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Merced over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	18	1,548	363	2,198	36	1,070	223
2013-14	16	1,515	374	2,609	41	1,030	254
2014-15	15	1,488	345	2,728	39	981	272
2015-16	15	1,489	309	3,091	49	953	258
2016-17	12	1,496	326	3,574	53	947	258
2017-18	12	1,519	354	4,033	53	938	258
2018-19	10	1,591	372	4,397	53	949	267
2019-20	7	1,613	374	4,653	48	907	265
2020-21	10	1,536	387	4,932	42	864	289
2021-22	7	1,686	382	4,933	36	862	303
2022-23	8	1,855	403	4,763	28	887	343
Average	12	1,576	363	3,810	43	944	272

University of California-Merced Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at UC Merced

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes