Graduate Programs | University of California-Merced

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Merced with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $14,187 and $29,289 for non-California residents.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$12,264	$27,366
Fees	$1,923	$1,923
Books & Supplies	$1,214
Room & Board	$20,293 (On-Campus) / $10,537 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$5,011 (On-Campus) / $5,593 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$40,705	$55,807
Off-Campus Total	$31,531	$46,633

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$13,207	$14,100	$13,207	$13,489	$14,187
Out-of-State	$28,309	$43,854	$28,309	$28,591	$29,289

Graduate Program Overview

University of California-Merced is a four-years, public school located in Merced, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $14,187 for California residents and $29,289 for out-of-state students.

It offers forty-three (43) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of California-Merced
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA
Graduate School Students	772 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$14,187 Out-of-State$29,289
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 43 Graduate Programs 22 Master's, 21 Doctorate

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of California-Merced offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 43 major areas - 22 Master's , 21 Doctorate . 64 students have been conferred Master's degree and 105 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	64	105	-	-
Men	31	52	-	-
Women	33	53	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	6	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Mathematics	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Behavioral Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Science	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry (other)	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	6	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Behavioral Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Political Science and Government	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 9,093 students enrolled in University of California-Merced including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 772 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 431 male and 341 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 769 full-time and 3 part-time students in graduate schools.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	772
Men Students	431
Women Students	341

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	772
Full-time Students	769
Part-time Students	3

By race/ethnicity 186 White, 16 Black, and 69 Asian students are attending at University of California-Merced. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	772
Asian	69
Black	16
Hispanic	153
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	186
Two or more races	24
Un-Known	28

6 students are younger than 22 and 46 students are older than 65. The school has 481 students aged between 22 and 30 and 227 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	772
21 & Under	6
22-24	132
25-29	349
30-34	175
35-39	52
40 & Over	46

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, 0 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	760
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	3
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	757

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
California Resident	0
Other State In U.S.	-
Outside of U.S.	0

Graduate School Tuition at University of California-Merced