Merced, CA
University of California-Merced
https://www.ucmerced.eduRepayment outcome
81.8%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$40,700
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$11,921
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$14,500
Sticker price
before any aid
$30,637
Default rate
7.3%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Business$41,937
- Engineering$39,729
- Math & Statistics$32,755
- Health Professions$32,099
- Biology$31,391
- Physical Sciences$29,685
- Interdisciplinary$28,960
- Psychology$28,697
- Social Sciences$26,353
- History$14,442
Academics
Acceptance
75.5%
Avg SAT
1,010
Enrollment
5,837
What students study
10 fields offered
Biology
20% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Psychology19.7%
- 03Engineering15.8%
- 04Social Sciences15.4%
- 05Business11.3%
- 06Physical Sciences4.2%
- 07History4.2%
- 08Interdisciplinary3.7%
- 09Foreign Languages3.5%
- 10Math & Statistics2.1%