UC Merced Grad Student reviews

2.8

6% would recommend to a friend

(5 total reviews)

Dorothy Leland

6% approve of CEO

6% positive business outlook

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5 reviews
3.0
Aug 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Quiet town, good community, cheap housing

Cons

Not much food around Need to go to bigger facilities for more complex experiments

1.0
Mar 20, 2024

WORST SCHOOL FOR PHD

Recommend
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Pros

Bad, nothing is great about this school.

Cons

University of California Merced is really BAD! I am a graduate student and I have had the worst experience at this school. The faculty in the psychological science department are HORRID! As well as the deans in graduate division. This is not an all a supportive university. The faculty and the students are mediocre and fake. They do not help you succeed but instead hinder your career. If you care about finish grad school don't go here unless you want to see yourself wasting your precious time on people that don't care.

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