Naval Postgraduate School vs University of California-Merced

Naval Postgraduate School

Graduate research institution in Monterey training military and defense professionals with no tuition cost.

Public research university in California's Central Valley with strong engineering focus and selective admissions.

Metric	Naval Postgraduate School	University of California-Merced
Total Student Enrollment	2,600	9,147
Official Website	https://www.nps.edu/	ucmerced.edu/
Sector Group	Public 4-Year or Above	Public 4-Year or Above
Setting	Suburb	Suburb
Carnegie Classification	Special Focus: Graduate Studies	Mixed Baccalaureate