Only 20 years since undergraduate instruction began, UC Merced is a recognized leader in conducting academic research, developing young minds for career success and driving economic growth, the ...

UC Merced is the No. 1 university in the nation for social mobility, according to new college rankings. The Wall Street Journal recently teamed up with research partners College Pulse and Statista to ...

The $108 million-plus project is nearly ready for students.

UC Merced opened in the fall of 2005 with around 874 students. Twenty-one years later, the university is approaching 10,000 students. UC Merced kicked off its fall semester this week with a total ...

UC Merced and Kern High School District have partnered to offer eligible students guaranteed admission, waived application fees and up to $12,000 in scholarships through the Merced Automatic Admission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students and parents take part in move-in days for residence halls as the 2026-27 academic year begins. The growing energy across ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- UC Merced is once again bustling with students as the university kicks off the fall semester on Wednesday. This year, the school is seeing its highest enrollment ever, with ...

Sign up for EdSource’s free daily newsletter to stay ahead of what’s changing in California education. Claudia Diaz will tell you that going to college changed ...

MERCED, Calif. -- A decade has passed since America's newest research university opened amid farmland in central California. And surprisingly little on the landscape has changed. Cows still graze ...

UC Merced’s long-awaited 2020 Project is complete after a $1.3 billion investment over four years that doubled the size of the campus and cleared the way for thousands of more students to enroll in ...

On May 18, 1995, the University of California Board of Regents voted to select Merced as the site for its ninth undergraduate campus. To get to that point, Merced had to beat out what started as a ...

The main entrance to the University of California, Merced in Merced, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com UC Merced is the No. 1 university in the nation for social ...