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Acceptance Rate 90.53%
Yield 7.24%
Applicants 31,928
Admitted 28,906
Enrolled 2,093

UC Merced Application and Admission Information

For the academic year 2024-25, the acceptance rate is 90.53% at University of California-Merced. Total 31,928 students applied and 28,906 were accepted.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$70
Graduate Application Fees$120
Admission Informationadmissions.ucmerced.edu/
Online Applicationadmission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Acceptance Rate90.53%
Credits AcceptedDual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits

Acceptance Rate, Yield, and Headcounts

For the academic year 2024-2025, the acceptance rate is 90.53%. A total of 31,928 students (15,900 men and 16,028 women) have applied to and 28,906 (14,286 men and 14,620 women) students admitted to University of California-Merced.
Among them, 1,201 male and 892 female students have enrolled into UC Merced and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 7.24%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at UC Merced
TotalMenWomenAnother GenderGender Unknown
Applicants31,92815,90016,02800
Admitted28,90614,28614,62000
Enrolled2,0931,20189200
Acceptance Rate 90.53% 89.85% 91.22% - -
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 7.24% 8.41% 6.10% - -
[Chart] University of California-Merced Acceptance Rate and Yield

Application Requirements

For applying to University of California-Merced, applicants require to submit 5 item(s) - High School GPA, High School Record, Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, Personal statement or essay.
In addition, 1 item(s) are considered for admission - Work experience.
Application Requirements for UC Merced
High School GPA✔
High School Rank✗
High School Record✔
Completion of College Preparatory Program✔
Recommendations✗
Formal Demonstration of Competencies✗
Admission Test Scores✗
English Proficiency Test✔
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)✗
Work experience✓
Personal statement or essay✔
Legacy status✗
✔ Required ✓ Considered (not Required) ✗ Neither Required nor Recommended

Accepted Credits at UC Merced

The calendar system at University of California-Merced is Semester. University of California-Merced accepts Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits. Next table describes credits that University of California-Merced accepts.
Calendar SystemSemester
Dual Credits✔
Credits for Life Experiences✗
Advanced placement (AP) Credits✔
Credit for military training ✗
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