Enrollment Trends at Merced

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,867 where 12,472 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Merced than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Merced College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,389	4,372	6,017
2016-17	10,750 361	4,531 159	6,219 202
2017-18	10,912 162	4,551 20	6,361 142
2018-19	10,995 83	4,487 -64	6,508 147
2019-20	11,173 178	4,525 38	6,648 140
2020-21	10,645 -528	3,956 -569	6,689 41
2021-22	9,282 -1,363	3,603 -353	5,679 -1,010
2022-23	10,214 932	4,036 433	6,178 499
2023-24	11,835 1,621	4,831 795	7,004 826
2024-25	12,472 637	5,139 308	7,333 329
Average	10,867	4,403	6,464

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.47% and the percentage of black students is 3.79% at Merced College. 7.11% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 65.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.94% to 16.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.60% to 7.11%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.46% to 3.79%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 59.73% to 65.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5301 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5839 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Merced College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	43	997	359	6,205	37	2,279	300
2016-17	40	1,034	356	6,507	43	2,312	314
2017-18	53	1,011	333	6,701	43	2,266	333
2018-19	44	937	288	6,032	38	2,023	315
2019-20	48	849	317	6,349	36	1,804	254
2020-21	50	888	316	6,306	22	1,902	321
2021-22	46	743	295	5,769	24	1,703	294
2022-23	49	788	353	6,654	25	1,759	344
2023-24	55	884	416	7,791	31	2,015	430
2024-25	43	887	473	8,228	27	2,054	409
Average	47	902	351	6,654	33	2,012	331