University of California - Irvine: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #59 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #46 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #43 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #8 of 249 | In California |
| #1 of 7 | In Irvine |
| #10 of 1,014 | For Information Technology |
| Top100 | For 119 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 29%
- Undergraduates
- 30,204
- Graduates
- 7,093
- Male:Female Ratio
- 44:56
- Control
- Public
- Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- uci.edu
University of California - Irvine Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
University of California - Irvine has an acceptance rate of 29% and is among the top 7% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 29% | 26% | 31% |
| Applicants | 122,699 | 57,725 | 64,974 |
| Admissions | 35,054 | 14,772 | 20,282 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 6,717 | 2,835 | 3,882 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 19 | 11 | 8 |
12,862 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
614 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
Admissions requirements
| College-preparatory program | Required |
|---|---|
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school rank | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Neither required nor recommended |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
| Recommendations | Neither required nor recommended |
| SAT/ACT | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| Asian | 12843 (34%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 9146 (25%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 5850 (16%) |
| White | 5513 (15%) |
| Two or more races | 2204 (6%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 849 (2%) |
| Black or African American | 816 (2%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 29 (0.1%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 23 (0.1%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
- Average aid awarded
- $23,110
- Students receiving aid
- 61%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $13,146 | $12,762 |
| Tuition in-state | $13,146 | $12,762 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $47,346 | $27,864 |
| Fee in-district | $2,576 | $2,065 |
| Fee in-state | $2,576 | $2,065 |
| Fee out-of-state | $2,576 | $2,065 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 17,769 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $18,991 |
University of California - Irvine majors
University of California - Irvine has granted 8,219 bachelor's degrees across 76 programs, 2,052 master's across 80 programs, and 787 doctorate degrees across 68 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of California - Irvine.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 589 | 177 | 26 |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 784 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 430 | 155 | |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 510 | 7 | 18 |
| Business & Managerial Economics | 493 | ||
| Psychology, General | 486 | ||
| Criminology | 358 | 38 | 7 |
| Public Health, Other | 378 | ||
| Economics, General | 325 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 208 | 62 | 15 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 244 | 13 | 8 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 173 | 68 | 9 |
| Education, General | 250 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 205 | 6 | 13 |
| Sociology, General | 194 | 9 | 14 |
| Management Science | 188 | 12 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 121 | 49 | 20 |
| Chemistry, General | 135 | 14 | 34 |
| Law | 164 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 146 | 10 | 4 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 83 | 44 | 15 |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 136 | ||
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 135 | ||
| Financial Mathematics | 127 | ||
| Human Biology | 119 | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | 56 | 54 | 1 |
| Informatics | 89 | 15 | 7 |
| International & Globalization Studies | 91 | 11 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 63 | 22 | 14 |
| Medicine | 99 | ||
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 75 | 18 | 2 |
| Art & Art Studies, General | 84 | 8 | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 82 | 3 | 7 |
| History, General | 70 | 11 | 8 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 55 | 13 | 18 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 77 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | 40 | 26 | 6 |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 42 | 12 | 16 |
| Anthropology, General | 54 | 5 | 10 |
| Physics, General | 40 | 8 | 21 |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | 63 | ||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General | 61 | ||
| Urban Studies & Affairs | 60 | ||
| Environmental Studies | 59 | ||
| Educational Evaluation and Research | 36 | 22 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 32 | 15 | 9 |
| Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 37 | 15 | 4 |
| Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies | 55 | ||
| Public Health, General | 50 | 4 | |
| Forensic Psychology | 53 | ||
| Computational Science | 42 | 9 | |
| Philosophy | 39 | 2 | 9 |
| Computer Game Programming | 49 | ||
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 48 | ||
| Nursing Science | 46 | 2 | |
| Human Computer Interaction | 46 | ||
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | 46 | ||
| Materials Engineering | 22 | 13 | 9 |
| Information Resources Management | 42 | ||
| Dance, General | 35 | 6 | |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 38 | 1 | |
| Cognitive Science, General | 31 | 2 | 5 |
| American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence | 35 | ||
| Journalism, Other | 33 | ||
| Computer Engineering, Other | 31 | ||
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 16 | 15 | |
| Statistics, General | 22 | 9 | |
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 29 | 1 | |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 28 | ||
| Nursing Practice | 26 | ||
| Physics, Other | 23 | 2 | |
| Social Sciences, General | 23 | ||
| Biotechnology | 21 | ||
| Public Health & Community Nurse & Nursing | 21 | ||
| Neurobiology and Behavior | 11 | 9 | |
| Comparative Literature | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 14 | 4 | |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 15 | ||
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 15 | ||
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 15 | ||
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 1 | 13 | |
| Pharmacology | 12 | 2 | |
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 13 | ||
| Natural Resources & Conservation, General | 13 | ||
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies | 12 | ||
| Creative Writing | 11 | ||
| Demography and Population Studies | 11 | ||
| English Language and Literature & Letters, Other | 11 | ||
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | 11 | ||
| Genetics, General | 11 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 11 | ||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 10 | ||
| Asian-American Studies | 8 | 2 | |
| Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology | 10 | ||
| Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7 | |
| Medical Science & Scientist | 10 | ||
| Biology Teacher Education | 9 | ||
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 5 | 4 | |
| French Language and Literature | 9 | ||
| East Asian Studies | 8 | ||
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 6 | 2 | |
| Music, General | 6 | 2 | |
| Philosophy, Other | 2 | 6 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | 3 | 5 | |
| Environmental Health | 5 | 2 | |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 7 | ||
| Neuroscience | 2 | 5 | |
| Physiology, General | 1 | 6 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 6 | ||
| Musical Theatre | 6 | ||
| Genetic Counseling & Counselor | 5 | ||
| Korean Language and Literature | 5 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 4 | 1 | |
| Music, Other | 5 | ||
| African-American & Black Studies | 3 | ||
| Chemistry, Other | 3 | ||
| Cultural Studies & Critical Theory and Analysis | 2 | 1 | |
| Epidemiology | 2 | 1 | |
| Pathology & Experimental Pathology | 3 | ||
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | ||
| Anatomy | 2 | ||
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health | 2 | ||
| Materials Science | 1 | 1 | |
| Biochemistry | 1 | ||
| Chinese Studies | 1 | ||
| Clinical Psychology | 1 | ||
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 1 | ||
| European Studies & Civilization | 1 | ||
| German Language and Literature | 1 | ||
| International Public Health & International Health | 1 | ||
| Political Science and Government, Other | 1 | ||
| Systems Science and Theory | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 8,219 | 2,052 | 787 |
University of California - Irvine has a graduation rate of 87%, which is among the 7% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 87% | 85% | 89% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
University of California - Irvine is a world-class research university with 172,660 scientific papers published and 7,467,971 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Genetics, and Biochemistry.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1585 | 28686 |
| 1994 | 1678 | 31007 |
| 1995 | 1744 | 35224 |
| 1996 | 1816 | 37658 |
| 1997 | 1846 | 41494 |
| 1998 | 1930 | 44846 |
| 1999 | 1974 | 50609 |
| 2000 | 2035 | 57457 |
| 2001 | 2250 | 62232 |
| 2002 | 3116 | 79521 |
| 2003 | 3063 | 85959 |
| 2004 | 3459 | 94807 |
| 2005 | 3919 | 108866 |
| 2006 | 4050 | 124900 |
| 2007 | 4341 | 140596 |
| 2008 | 4563 | 156615 |
| 2009 | 4995 | 176932 |
| 2010 | 5241 | 197412 |
| 2011 | 5046 | 220722 |
| 2012 | 5329 | 249905 |
| 2013 | 5268 | 272714 |
| 2014 | 5783 | 292538 |
| 2015 | 5788 | 305941 |
| 2016 | 6184 | 316537 |
| 2017 | 6365 | 331064 |
| 2018 | 6911 | 354399 |
| 2019 | 7455 | 398707 |
| 2020 | 8446 | 465730 |
| 2021 | 8725 | 526270 |
| 2022 | 8347 | 500791 |
| 2023 | 8669 | 516331 |
| 2024 | 7507 | 504420 |
| 2025 | 5833 | 450221 |
University of California - Irvine alumni
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Nazanin Boniadi
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Nazanin Boniadi is a British-American actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she attended university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the soap opera General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, Boniadi has played Nora in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2011), Fara Sherazi in the spy thriller series Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama film Ben-Hur (2016), Clare Quayle in the sci-fi thriller series Counterpart (2017–2018), Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film Hotel Mumbai (2018), and Bronwyn in the first season of the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022).
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David Benioff
- Occupations
- film producermanufacturershowrunnertelevision producerfilm screenwriter
- Biography
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David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire. He also wrote 25th Hour (2002), Troy (2004), The Kite Runner (2007), City of Thieves (2008), co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Gemini Man (2019).
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Coco Lee
- Occupations
- dancerrecord producercomposeractorfilm actor
- Biography
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CoCo Lee was a Chinese-American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was one of the best-selling artists in Asia and is widely regarded as a significant figure and a diva. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums, establishing herself as an icon. She released 18 studio albums, 2 live records, and 5 compilations.
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Jon Lovitz
- Occupations
- film actorcomedianstage actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
General info
| Alternative names | UCI UC Irvine |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Motto | Fiat Lux Let there be light |
| Colors | blue, gold |
| Academic calendar | September to June (September - December; January-March; March-June). Also Summer Sessions (June-August; August-September) |
| Total FTE staff | 9,574 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 501 Aldrich Hall Irvine, California, 92697 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 308,000 |
| Phone | 9498245011 |