Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UC Merced

At University of California-Merced, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 39.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of California-Merced than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of California-Merced have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.12%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of UC Merced applicants increased by 126.91% (37,971 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 39.00% at University of California-Merced. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.32% and women students' rate is 72.07%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of California-Merced than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of California-Merced have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-Merced over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.51%	75.58%	75.43%
2014-15	67.18% -8.32%	68.15% -7.43%	66.33% -9.10%
2015-16	60.69% -6.49%	59.15% -9.01%	62.03% -4.30%
2016-17	74.17% 13.48%	72.52% 13.37%	75.60% 13.57%
2017-18	69.79% -4.38%	66.51% -6.01%	70.34% -5.26%
2018-19	66.17% -3.62%	64.63% -1.88%	67.37% -2.97%
2019-20	71.96% 5.79%	71.18% 6.55%	72.57% 5.21%
2020-21	84.80% 12.84%	82.51% 11.34%	86.59% 14.02%
2021-22	87.00% 2.20%	85.00% 2.48%	88.00% 1.41%
2022-23	89.46% 2.46%	88.30% 3.30%	90.53% 2.53%
2023-24	39.00% -50.46%	40.00% -48.30%	38.00% -52.53%
Average	71.43%	70.32%	72.07%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.12% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Merced from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.06%	15.15%	13.08%
2014-15	14.19% 0.13%	14.80% -0.35%	13.65% 0.57%
2015-16	15.62% 1.43%	16.32% 1.52%	15.04% 1.39%
2016-17	13.22% -2.40%	13.90% -2.43%	12.66% -2.38%
2017-18	14.56% 1.34%	15.54% 1.64%	14.22% 1.57%
2018-19	13.31% -1.24%	14.07% -1.47%	12.75% -1.47%
2019-20	11.51% -1.81%	12.46% -1.61%	10.76% -1.98%
2020-21	8.88% -2.63%	9.50% -2.96%	8.41% -2.36%
2021-22	10.00% 1.12%	11.00% 1.49%	9.00% 0.60%
2022-23	8.94% -1.06%	10.48% -0.51%	7.54% -1.46%
2023-24	9.00% 0.06%	10.00% -0.48%	8.00% 0.46%
Average	12.12%	13.02%	11.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 26,794, the average number of admitted is 18,051, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,058.

The number of UC Merced applicants increased by 126.91% (37,971 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-Merced from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,056	10,613	1,492
2014-15	16,268 15.74%	10,929 2.98%	1,551 3.95%
2015-16	18,862 15.95%	11,447 4.74%	1,788 15.28%
2016-17	20,888 10.74%	15,492 35.34%	2,048 14.54%
2017-18	22,574 8.07%	15,754 1.69%	2,293 11.96%
2018-19	25,131 11.33%	16,628 5.55%	2,214 -3.45%
2019-20	25,424 1.17%	18,294 10.02%	2,105 -4.92%
2020-21	25,923 1.96%	21,982 20.16%	1,951 -7.32%
2021-22	27,793 7.21%	24,180 10.00%	2,418 23.94%
2022-23	29,920 7.65%	26,766 10.69%	2,392 -1.08%
2023-24	67,891 126.91%	26,477 -1.08%	2,383 -0.38%
Average	26,794	18,051	2,058

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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