Applying to UC Merced

University of California-Merced's acceptance rate is 39.18% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 67,891 students applied and 26,598 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively hard (lower than the national average) to get into UC Merced.

UC Merced's acceptance rate places 20th out of 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to UC Merced, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not considered for admission at University of California-Merced.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Merced is 39.18% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 9.08%. 32,472 men and 35,419 women applied to UC Merced and 13,025 men and 13,573 women students were accepted.

Among them, 1,342 men and 1,074 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at UC Merced.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UC Merced
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	67,891	32,472	35,419	0	0
Admitted	26,598	13,025	13,573	0	0
Enrolled	2,416	1,342	1,074	0	0
Acceptance Rate	39.18%	40.11%	38.32%	-	-
Yield	9.08%	10.30%	7.91%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

University of California-Merced 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 2,416 first-year students enrolled in UC Merced. The proportion of full-time students is 99.21% and part-time students is 0.79%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 55.55% and women students is 44.45%.

The following table and chart visualize the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at UC Merced.

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UC Merced
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,416	1,342	1,074
Full-time	2,397	1,333	1,064
Part-time	19	9	10

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at UC Merced. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of California-Merced.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

UC Merced Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Not Considered
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $80 for undergraduate schools and $135 for graduate schools of University of California-Merced. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UC Merced.

Admission Information for Applying to UC Merced
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	admissions.ucmerced.edu/
Online Application	admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Calendar System	Semester
Course for High School Students	Not Offered
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Master, Doctoral (Research)

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Admission Statistics

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

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