University of California-Merced (UC Merced) is a four-year, public school located in Merced, CA.

It offers 44 graduate programs - 23 Master's, and 21 Doctorate. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $14,187 for in-state and $29,289 for out-of-state students.

A total of 760 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 9,103 students at UC Merced.

You can find UC Merced's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $14,187 for California residents and $29,289 for out-of-state students. It offers forty-four (44) graduate programs.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of California-Merced
TypeFour-year, Public
Address5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA
Graduate School Students772 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$14,187
Out-of-State$29,289
Student to Faculty19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 44 Graduate Programs
23 Master's, 21 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at University of California-Merced

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Merced with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $14,187 and $29,289 for non-California residents.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$12,264$27,366
Fees$1,923$1,923
Books & Supplies$1,214
Room & Board$20,293 (On-Campus) / $10,537 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$5,011 (On-Campus) / $5,593 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$40,705$55,807
Off-Campus Total$31,531$46,633

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of California-Merced offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 44 major areas - 23 Master's, 21 Doctorate. 108 students have been conferred Master's degree and 107 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total108107--
Men5161--
Women5746--

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Software Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biological/Biosystems Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Applied Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Behavioral Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cognitive Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Research and Experimental Psychology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

UC Merced graduate schools have a total of 772 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 431 male and 341 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 769 full-time and 3 part-time students in graduate schools.

By race/ethnicity 186 White, 16 Black, and 69 Asian students are attending at University of California-Merced. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

6 grad students are younger than 22 and 46 students are older than 65. It has 481 students aged between 22 and 30 and 227 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total772
Men431
Women341
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total772
Full-time Students769
Part-time Students3
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total772
Asian69
Black16
Hispanic153
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
2
White186
Two or more races24
Un-Known28
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total772
21 & Under6
22-24132
25-29349
30-34175
35-3952
40 & Over46