University of California - Irvine: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #59 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #45 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #42 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #8 of 249 | In California |
| #1 of 7 | In Irvine |
| #9 of 1,009 | For Information Technology |
| Top100 | For 122 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 26%
- Undergraduates
- 29,503
- Graduates
- 7,079
- Male:Female Ratio
- 45:55
- 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 26% 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 | 26% | 23% | 28% |
| Applicants | 121,101 | 56,771 | 64,330 |
| Admissions | 30,962 | 13,037 | 17,925 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 6,777 | 2,890 | 3,887 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 19 | 13 | 6 |
12,901 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
628 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 | 12789 (35%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 8767 (24%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 5699 (16%) |
| White | 5517 (15%) |
| Two or more races | 2184 (6%) |
| Black or African American | 796 (2%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 741 (2%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 37 (0.1%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 27 (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
- $21,533
- Students receiving aid
- 71%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $11,834 | $12,264 |
| Tuition in-state | $11,834 | $12,264 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $42,611 | $27,366 |
| Fee in-district | $2,403 | $2,011 |
| Fee in-state | $2,403 | $2,011 |
| Fee out-of-state | $2,403 | $2,011 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 15,544 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $18,423 |
University of California - Irvine majors
University of California - Irvine has granted 8,438 bachelor's degrees across 80 programs, 2,047 master's across 81 programs, and 723 doctorate degrees across 68 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of California - Irvine.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 766 | ||
| Computer Science | 454 | 205 | 22 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 566 | 7 | 13 |
| Business & Managerial Economics | 575 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 360 | 205 | |
| Psychology, General | 437 | ||
| Criminology | 367 | 49 | 8 |
| Public Health, Other | 392 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 283 | 58 | 19 |
| Economics, General | 302 | 1 | |
| Mathematics, General | 249 | 20 | 15 |
| Education, General | 272 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 252 | 5 | 8 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 185 | 58 | 10 |
| Sociology, General | 207 | 8 | 15 |
| Management Science | 182 | 7 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 119 | 32 | 17 |
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 166 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 116 | 9 | 39 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 142 | 11 | 8 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 96 | 47 | 17 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 110 | 13 | 14 |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 132 | ||
| Law | 128 | ||
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 116 | 4 | 3 |
| Financial Mathematics | 117 | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | 52 | 53 | 10 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 82 | 11 | 17 |
| International & Globalization Studies | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 89 | 13 | 2 |
| Human Biology | 104 | ||
| Art & Art Studies, General | 96 | 6 | |
| Informatics | 87 | 9 | 3 |
| Medicine | 99 | ||
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 92 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | 58 | 15 | 12 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General | 79 | ||
| History, General | 63 | 13 | 2 |
| Physics, General | 50 | 5 | 12 |
| Information Resources Management | 64 | ||
| Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies | 63 | ||
| Environmental Studies | 62 | ||
| Anthropology, General | 51 | 7 | 3 |
| Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 44 | 13 | 3 |
| Forensic Psychology | 56 | ||
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | 55 | ||
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | 55 | ||
| Materials Engineering | 23 | 15 | 15 |
| Nursing Science | 47 | 6 | |
| Urban Studies & Affairs | 50 | ||
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 30 | 8 | 7 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 44 | ||
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 24 | 15 | 4 |
| Public Health, General | 38 | 5 | |
| Philosophy | 34 | 2 | 4 |
| Physics, Other | 30 | 4 | 5 |
| Cognitive Science, General | 31 | 1 | 4 |
| American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence | 35 | ||
| Dance, General | 29 | 6 | |
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 30 | 4 | |
| Computer Engineering, Other | 33 | ||
| Human Computer Interaction | 32 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 27 | 4 | |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 17 | 11 | |
| Journalism, Other | 28 | ||
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 28 | ||
| Computational Science | 22 | 5 | |
| Neurobiology and Behavior | 13 | 14 | |
| Statistics, General | 20 | 6 | |
| Pharmacology | 19 | 6 | |
| Social Psychology | 24 | 1 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 24 | ||
| Biotechnology | 23 | ||
| Educational Evaluation and Research | 12 | 11 | |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 22 | ||
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 16 | 3 | |
| Music, General | 17 | 2 | |
| Natural Resources & Conservation, General | 19 | ||
| Social Sciences, General | 18 | 1 | |
| Nursing Practice | 18 | ||
| Public Health & Community Nurse & Nursing | 18 | ||
| Biology Teacher Education | 15 | ||
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 15 | ||
| Comparative Literature | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 14 | ||
| Creative Writing | 13 | ||
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies | 13 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 13 | ||
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 12 | ||
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 1 | 10 | |
| Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4 | |
| Chinese Studies | 11 | ||
| Physiology, General | 5 | 6 | |
| Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology | 10 | ||
| English Language and Literature & Letters, Other | 10 | ||
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | 3 | 7 | |
| Cultural Studies & Critical Theory and Analysis | 5 | 4 | |
| Genetics, General | 9 | ||
| Philosophy, Other | 3 | 6 | |
| Demography and Population Studies | 8 | ||
| East Asian Studies | 8 | ||
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | 8 | ||
| Genetic Counseling & Counselor | 8 | ||
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4 | |
| Anatomy | 7 | ||
| Environmental Health | 4 | 3 | |
| Medical Science & Scientist | 7 | ||
| Musical Theatre | 7 | ||
| Biochemistry | 2 | 3 | |
| Korean Language and Literature | 5 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 3 | 2 | |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 5 | ||
| Music, Other | 5 | ||
| African-American & Black Studies | 4 | ||
| Computer Game Programming | 4 | ||
| Epidemiology | 2 | 2 | |
| Materials Science | 3 | 1 | |
| French Language and Literature | 3 | ||
| Japanese Language and Literature | 3 | ||
| Chemistry, Other | 2 | ||
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine & Studio Arts, General | 2 | ||
| German Language and Literature | 2 | ||
| Systems Science and Theory | 2 | ||
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 1 | ||
| Asian-American Studies | 1 | ||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 1 | ||
| Economics, Other | 1 | ||
| European Studies & Civilization | 1 | ||
| German Studies | 1 | ||
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 1 | ||
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 8,438 | 2,047 | 723 |
University of California - Irvine has a graduation rate of 86%, which is among the 7% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 86% | 83% | 88% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
University of California - Irvine is a world-class research university with 167,813 scientific papers published and 7,111,638 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1529 | 27683 |
| 1993 | 1585 | 28666 |
| 1994 | 1677 | 30926 |
| 1995 | 1739 | 35189 |
| 1996 | 1816 | 37494 |
| 1997 | 1845 | 41478 |
| 1998 | 1929 | 44822 |
| 1999 | 1972 | 50572 |
| 2000 | 2036 | 57398 |
| 2001 | 2249 | 62196 |
| 2002 | 3115 | 79497 |
| 2003 | 3064 | 85944 |
| 2004 | 3460 | 94778 |
| 2005 | 3918 | 108846 |
| 2006 | 4052 | 124901 |
| 2007 | 4343 | 140608 |
| 2008 | 4564 | 156590 |
| 2009 | 4995 | 176909 |
| 2010 | 5240 | 197386 |
| 2011 | 5043 | 220647 |
| 2012 | 5324 | 249722 |
| 2013 | 5268 | 272513 |
| 2014 | 5779 | 292225 |
| 2015 | 5771 | 305443 |
| 2016 | 6154 | 316153 |
| 2017 | 6350 | 330747 |
| 2018 | 6893 | 354144 |
| 2019 | 7434 | 398477 |
| 2020 | 8436 | 465630 |
| 2021 | 8706 | 526094 |
| 2022 | 8325 | 500354 |
| 2023 | 8649 | 515805 |
| 2024 | 7348 | 499061 |
University of California - Irvine alumni
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Nazanin Boniadi
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
-
Nazanin Boniadi is a British 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
- television writerwriterscreenwriterteacherfilm producer
- Biography
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David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff, is an American writer 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), City of Thieves (2008) and co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).
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Coco Lee
- Occupations
- recording artistsingerdancerrecord producercomposer
- Biography
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Coco Lee was a Chinese-American singer, songwriter and actress. She is widely regarded as a significant figure and a Tianhou (Diva) in C-pop. Her career marked a modernization of C-pop music and influenced many other artists of her era. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums in Mandarin Chinese, establishing herself as an icon in the Greater China area. During her life, she lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the USA, and mainland China. Her diverse cultural and educational experiences shaped her background and laid the foundation for her success in the Asian entertainment industry. She released 18 studio albums, two live albums, and five compilation albums.
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Jon Lovitz
- Occupations
- voice actordub actorfilm actorcomedianstage actor
- 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 | 9,422 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 501 Aldrich Hall Irvine, California, 92697 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 308,000 |
| Phone | 9498245011 |