University of California, Merced Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

The University of California, Merced's Regular Decision acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 is 88.5%, with 30,017 applicants and 26,595 accepted. This rate mirrors the previous year, 2023, but shows a slight decline from 89.5% in 2022. Historically, acceptance rates have improved significantly from just 60.2% for the Class of 2015 and 71.9% for the Class of 2019, indicating a trend of increasing admit rates as the university attracts a growing number of applicants.

Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

Total RD Applicants: 30,017

Accepted RD Applicants: 26,595

Historical Regular Decision Acceptance Rates

Class of	RD Applicants	RD Admits	RD Acceptance Rate
2023	30,017	26,595	88.5%
2022	28,895	25,862	89.5%
2021	27,795	24,070	86.5%
2020	25,924	21,982	84.7%
2019	25,424	18,291	71.9%
2018	25,121	16,624	66.1%
2017	22,574	15,619	69.1%
2016	20,888	15,492	74.1%
2015	18,620	11,288	60.2%

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