Major Programs at UC Merced

University of California-Merced offers 74 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate programs.

At the school, the Research and Experimental Psychology (other) program has the most completers (338 students) and the Biology/Biological Sciences program has the second most completers (307 students) last year.

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Degrees & Major Programs

University of California-Merced offers 74 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate programs.

A total of 2,019 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at UC Merced. 1,804 completed bachelor's programs and 108 completed master's programs.

Total Number of Programs By Degree
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Overall Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30	23	21	NOT OFFERED
Number of Completers	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1,804	108	107	NOT OFFERED

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The next table lists the best programs with the highest average salary after graduation from University of California-Merced.

*The average salary data is from College Scoreboard.

Popular Area of Study with Most Completers

Following programs are the popular major programs at University of California-Merced.

At the school, the Research and Experimental Psychology (other) program has the most completers (338 students) and the Biology/Biological Sciences program has the second most completers (307 students) last year.

Bachelor

Popular Bachelor Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Average Salary after Graduation
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	338	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	307	-
Computer Engineering	215	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	181	-
Mechanical Engineering	150	-
Public Health	106	-
Political Science and Government	100	-
Sociology	87	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	50	-
Cognitive Science	47	-

Master

Popular Master Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Average Salary after Graduation
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	19	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	8	-
Environmental Science	8	-
Chemistry (other)	7	-
Computer Software Engineering	6	-
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	2	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	-
Computer Engineering (other)	0	-
Behavioral Sciences	0	-
Physical Sciences (other)	0	-

Field of Study by Degree, Number of Completers, and Average Salary

The following tables show all major programs at UC Merced by degree with number of completers last year. You may want to search schools that have a program by following the link on the major title column in each table.

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Environmental Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	12	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Ethnic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	50	0	0	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	215	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	6	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	0	NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	10	0	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	150	4	11	NOT OFFERED
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	3	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Comparative Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	3	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	307	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	19	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Applied Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33	1	3	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Behavioral Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	0	NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	47	7	7	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	11	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	9	10	NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	0	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	0	0	NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	338	5	7	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	100	1	5	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	87	4	7	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Public Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	106	8	3	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	181	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	0	0	NOT OFFERED

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