University of California - Merced Graduate Programs

Located in Merced, California, University of California - Merced is a public institution. Merced is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is University of California - Merced?

Contact details for UC Merced are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343-5603
Phone:	209-228-4400
Website:	ucmerced.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ucmerced
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/ucmerced

University of California - Merced Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 742 graduate students at UC Merced, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - Merced graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	67
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	150
White	196
International Students	265
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - Merced. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at UC Merced. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Iran.

University of California - Merced Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	19	19	38
Natural Resources Conservation	8	12	20
Physics	9	10	19
Chemistry	7	11	18
Mechanical Engineering	4	11	15
Cognitive Science	7	7	14
Computer Engineering	6	6	12
Child Development & Psychology	5	7	12
Public Health	8	3	11
Liberal Arts General Studies	8	3	11
Sociology	4	7	11
Materials Engineering	10	0	10
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	8	0	8
Political Science & Government	1	5	6
Biological Engineering	2	3	5
Applied Mathematics	1	3	4
Economics	1	0	1
General Biology	0	0	0
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0
Biomedical Engineering	0	0	0
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0
History	0	0	0
Behavioral Science	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0
Other Physical Science	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0
TOTAL	108	107	215

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.