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UC Merced Chancellor touts 20th anniversary growth, $1B local economic impact
Summary
Chancellor Juan Muñoz told the Merced City Council that UC Merced has grown into a research and social‑mobility engine, now enrolling about 9,000 students and supporting roughly $1 billion in annual economic activity in Merced County, with major new campus projects under way.
Chancellor Juan Muñoz told the Merced City Council on Dec. 15 that UC Merced has matured from a brand‑new campus into a nationally recognized research university and a major local economic engine.
Muñoz said the campus now enrolls roughly 9,000 students, more than 95% of whom are California residents, and highlighted rankings from U.S. News and The Wall Street Journal that place UC Merced among the top public universities nationally. "This is an extraordinary facility, extraordinary engine of social change, prosperity, and mobility right here in…
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