How many students at Merced? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 10,214 students have enrolled in Merced College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 4,036 male and 6,178 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (9,209 students in average - public Associate's - Public Rural-serving Small).

4,418 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,469 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Merced College has a total of 10,214 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. All 10,214 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 4,036 male and 6,178 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
Undergraduate
Total10,214
Men4,036
Women6,178
Merced College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,759 White, 353 Black, and 788 Asian students out of a total of 10,214 are attending at Merced College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American492029
Asian788373415
Black353145208
Hispanic6,6542,4894,165
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders251015
White1,7597511,008
Two or more races344128216
Race Unknown19894104
Merced College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Merced has 1,570 students under 18 years old and 41 students over 65 years old. There are 7,334 students under 25 years old, and 2,872 students over 25 years old out of 10,214 total students.

Student Age Distribution
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181,5701,011559
18-193,0541,6901,364
20-211,655965690
22-241,055639416
25-291,000634366
30-34675493182
35-39456327129
40-49481291190
50-64219111108
Over 65411229
Merced College 2023 Student Population by Age chartMerced College 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Merced College, 4,418 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,469 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,346 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 72 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students10,2144,4183,469
Undergraduate10,2144,4183,469
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,346693
Merced College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,214 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 582 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.70%.212 students have transferred in as full-time status and 370 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,104
Transfer-in Full-time212
Regular Part-time5,528
Transfer-in Part-time370

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