Editing Merced, California (section)

==Education==
[[File:UCMSciEng.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Science and Engineering 1 building at [[University of California, Merced]]]]
Merced is home to a community college, Merced College&nbsp;and the University of California Merced. UC Merced now enrolls 8,321 undergraduate and 772 graduate students for a total of 9,093 students, as reported in the university's fall 2021 census.&nbsp;Of the 2021-2022 undergraduate degrees awarded, the top degrees were: 19% Biological Sciences, 16% Psychology, 11% Management, and 10% Computer Science Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Degrees Awarded {{!}} Center of Institutional Effectiveness |url=https://cie.ucmerced.edu/degrees-awarded |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=cie.ucmerced.edu}}</ref> The [[University of California, Merced]] campus opened in late 2005 northeast of the city limits. UC Merced spans a campus area of 1,026 [[University of California, Merced|acres]]. UC Merced enrolled about 7,967 students during the 2017–2018 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucmerced.edu/fast-facts|title=Fast Facts 2018-19 &#124; UC Merced|website=www.ucmerced.edu|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609114025/https://www.ucmerced.edu/fast-facts|url-status=dead}}</ref> Merced is served by the [[Merced City School District]], which has five main middle schools, Cruickshank Middle School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, Rivera Middle School, Weaver Middle School and Tenaya Middle School. There are also 14 elementary schools in this district. [[Merced Union High School District]] has three major public high school campuses, [[Merced High School]], [[Golden Valley High School (Merced)|Golden Valley High School]], and El Capitan High School as well as a few smaller campuses offering alternative education. Merced's community college, [[Merced College]], has an enrollment of 8,996 students as of January 2021.<ref name="MercedCollege">{{cite web|title=Enrollment Status Summary|url=https://www.mccd.edu/offices/institutional-effectiveness/research/images/fact_sheet/F20_QuickFacts.PNG|url-status=dead|access-date=|website=|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120153341/https://www.mccd.edu/offices/institutional-effectiveness/research/images/fact_sheet/F20_QuickFacts.PNG}}</ref> The main campus of Merced College covers an area of 267 acres.[https://www.mccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FactSheet_F19.pdf]