The University of California, Merced is a public university in CA with an undergraduate enrollment of 8,276 and a graduate enrollment of 742. The University of California, Merced is a moderately selective school, receiving 25,924 applications and accepting 72.00% of applicants. The University of California, Merced’s athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels. Additionally, the University of California, Merced employs 434 full-time instructional staff (87% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has a 19:1 student-to-faculty ratio.