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UC Merced

UC Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343


Fax number: (209) 228-4244
Website: https://www.ucmerced.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Student:Faculty ratio: 19:1
Total faculty: 249 men, 222 women
Full-time faculty: 238 men, 205 women
Part-time faculty: 11 men, 17 women
Graduation rate: 67% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, accelerated program, internships
Graduate schools/programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Economics, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Management Science
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry, Other
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Computer Engineering, Other
  • Computer Software Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, Other
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
Master's Degrees

  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry, Other
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Computer Engineering, Other
  • Computer Software Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, Other
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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