University of California - Merced

Merced, CA

According to its mission statement, "UC Merced continually strives for excellence in carrying out the university’s mission of teaching, research and service, benefiting society through discovering and transmitting new knowledge and functioning as an active repository of organized knowledge. As a key tenet in carrying out this mission, UC Merced promotes and celebrates the diversity of all members of its community." [Source]

Website: http://www.ucmerced.edu/

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8,321
Undergraduate
Enrollment

48%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$13,657
In-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

$43,411
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

19:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

2.8%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

HALF

Science

HALF

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

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Curriculum last evaluated: 7/14/2022

2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.