2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at UC Merced is $14,167 for California residents and $44,944 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 2.46% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UC Merced.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-Merced Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-Merced 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$13,538$43,292$13,207$28,309
2021$14,100$43,854$14,100$43,854
2022$13,657$43,411$13,207$28,309
2023$13,791$43,863$13,489$28,591
2024$14,167$44,944$14,187$29,289

Online Student Population

There are 9,103 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UC Merced. Of that, 0 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 1,123 students have joined to some online courses and 7,980 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at University of California-Merced
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total9,1038,343760
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes000
Enrolled Some in Online Classes1,1231,1203
Not Enrolled in Online Classes7,9807,223757
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-Merced
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)000
California Residents000
Other State in U.S.000
Outside of U.S.000
Unknown000