UC Merced Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At University of California-Merced, the graduation rates was 68.72% (1,514 students out of 2,203 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 646 male and 868 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at University of California-Merced. Last year, the graduation rate was 68.72%. where 1,514 students out of 2,203 candidate completed their degree.

1,113 students completed their course in 4 years and 343 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 58 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At University of California-Merced, 121 of 175 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 69.14%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at University of California-Merced is 10.94% (241 out of 2,203 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of California-Merced, the retention rate is 82% for full-time students and 42 % for part-time students.