University of California-Merced Student Population

How many students at UC Merced? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,110 students have enrolled in University of California-Merced with 8,372 undergraduate and 738 graduate students.

By gender, 5,012 male and 4,098 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2 students are enrolled exclusively, and 960 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of California-Merced has a total of 9,110 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,372 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 738 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,012 male and 4,098 female students (the male-female ratio is 55:45) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 915 White, 448 Black, and 2,057 Asian students out of a total of 9,110 are attending at University of California-Merced. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of California-Merced is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

There are 8,308 students under 25 years old, and 802 students over 25 years old out of 9,110 total students.

UC Merced has 8,193 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 179 students aged 25 and over.

It has 115 graduate students aged under 25 and 623 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of California-Merced, 2 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 960 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and - students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,372 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 225 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.69%.222 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.