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#58 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
#3 of 1,039 For Information Technology
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Acceptance rate
21%
Aid receiving
80%
Undergraduates
28,662
Graduates
7,275
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 21% and is among the top 5% 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 21% 18% 24%
Applicants 119,191 55,549 63,642
Admissions 25,212 10,064 15,148
Freshmen enrolled full time 5,656 2,174 3,482
Freshmen enrolled part time 8 2 6

14,897 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

2,519 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 12232 (34%)
Hispanic 8645 (24%)
Nonresident Alien 6105 (17%)
White 5549 (15%)
Two or more races 1896 (5%)
Black or African American 801 (2%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 612 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 53 (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
$17,411
Students receiving aid
80%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $11,564$11,700
Tuition in-state $11,564$11,700
Tuition out-of-state $41,636$26,802
Fee in-district $2,375$1,945
Fee in-state $2,375$1,945
Fee out-of-state $2,375$1,945

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 15,693
Combined charge for room and board $17,699

University of California - Irvine majors

University of California - Irvine has granted 8,681 bachelor's degrees across 81 programs, 1,750 master's across 79 programs, and 763 doctorate degrees across 67 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of California - Irvine.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Computer Science 729 115 25
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 668
Business & Managerial Economics 647
Business Administration and Management, General 340 188
Public Health, Other 473
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 435 6 10
Psychology, General 371 1
Criminology 322 42 7
Economics, General 346 1
Mathematics, General 309 12 21
Mechanical Engineering 260 47 19
Education, General 251
Computer Engineering, General 177 49 11
Sociology, General 205 7 13
Political Science and Government, General 211 5 8
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 156 44 18
Film & Cinema & Media Studies 168
Chemistry, General 111 10 41
Civil Engineering, General 123 22 16
Management Science 143 11
English Language and Literature, General 138 5 10
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 142
Law 138
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 78 43 16
Informatics 113 9 12
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 99 10 23
International & Globalization Studies 132
Social Psychology 119 1
Computer Software Engineering 65 47 1
Financial Mathematics 113
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 108
Chemical Engineering 82 10 15
Human Biology 106
Pharmaceutical Sciences 102 1 3
Art & Art Studies, General 77 16
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 76 17
Medicine 93
History, General 62 13 9
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General 78
Physics, General 53 6 19
Urban Studies & Affairs 68
Anthropology, General 51 4 11
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation 62
Materials Engineering 35 14 11
Neurobiology and Anatomy 60
Geology & Earth Science, General 37 15 7
Information Resources Management 52
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 41 8 3
Nursing Science 49 2
Dance, General 46 4
Environmental Studies 50
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31 5 12
Educational Evaluation and Research 20 26
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies 43
Human Computer Interaction 43
Forensic Psychology 41
Mathematics and Computer Science 41
Philosophy 33 2 5
Physics, Other 33 2 5
American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence 39
Public Health, General 32 5
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 28 7
Public Policy Analysis, General 25
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 22 1 1
Microbiology and Immunology 24
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 23
Journalism, Other 23
Neurobiology and Behavior 12 11
Natural Resources & Conservation, General 21
Cognitive Science, General 15 2 3
Social Sciences, General 20
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 7 12
Public Health & Community Nurse & Nursing 19
Nursing Practice 18
Statistics, General 16 2
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology 17
Creative Writing 16
East Asian Studies 16
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies 16
Spanish Language and Literature 12 1 3
Biotechnology 14
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 13
Neuroscience 4 9
Biology Teacher Education 12
Comparative Literature 4 1 6
Computer Engineering, Other 11
Pharmacology 10 1
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 10
Music Performance, General 10
Music, General 9 1
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 7 2
Musical Theatre 9
Applied Mathematics, Other 5 3
Biochemistry 2 6
Chinese Studies 8
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other 8
Anatomy 7
Asian-American Studies 5 2
Epidemiology 4 3
Genetic Counseling & Counselor 7
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology 1 5
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 6
Demography and Population Studies 6
Environmental Health 1 5
Genetics, General 6
Music, Other 1 5
Philosophy, Other 2 4
Visual and Performing Arts, Other 3 3
Manufacturing Engineering 3 2
African-American & Black Studies 4
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other 4
Chemistry, Other 2 2
Cultural Studies & Critical Theory and Analysis 3 1
Japanese Language and Literature 4
Korean Language and Literature 4
Medical Science & Scientist 4
Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology 3
European Studies & Civilization 1 2
Physiology, General 1 2
German Language and Literature 2
German Studies 2
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 2
Computational Science 1
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
Economics, Other 1
Environmental Science 1
Fine & Studio Arts, General 1
French Language and Literature 1
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1
Pharmacology and Toxicology 1
Social Sciences, Other 1
Systems Science and Theory 1
Grand Total 8,681 1,750 763

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% 84% 89%
  • Full-time retention rate - 91%
  • Part-time retention rate - 75%

Publications & Citations

University of California - Irvine is a world-class research university with 144,478 scientific papers published and 5,164,198 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Genetics, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry.

Publications
144,478
Citations
5,164,198

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
84,771 / 3,455,887
Medicine
70,421 / 2,611,834
Chemistry
68,524 / 2,937,516
Computer Science
65,703 / 2,456,784
Engineering
62,779 / 2,168,691
Physics
59,997 / 2,192,956
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
56,037 / 1,844,216
Genetics
47,291 / 2,070,439
Environmental Science
46,325 / 1,785,468
Biochemistry
43,301 / 2,042,440
Psychology
42,005 / 1,701,059
Quantum and Particle physics
40,167 / 1,459,610
Pathology
29,681 / 1,136,423
Organic Chemistry
28,852 / 1,261,673
Mathematics
28,211 / 982,272
Political Science
26,331 / 756,724
Materials Science
26,084 / 953,289
Philosophy
25,925 / 826,923
Law
25,143 / 730,037
Geology
25,020 / 1,064,154
Geography and Cartography
24,864 / 973,413
Sociology
23,935 / 797,394
Psychiatry
22,274 / 890,043
Statistics
21,847 / 818,776
Neuroscience
21,610 / 1,045,160
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
20,670 / 675,941
Surgery
19,615 / 563,271
Optical Engineering
19,419 / 617,115
Ecology
18,558 / 871,484
Business
18,001 / 571,181
History
16,045 / 535,825
Paleontology
15,684 / 648,710
Economics
14,502 / 448,299
Electrical Engineering
13,933 / 378,604
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
13,833 / 424,500
Archaeology
13,675 / 504,998
Immunology
13,436 / 542,219
Linguistics
13,206 / 435,765
Anatomy and Physiology
11,261 / 426,887
Machine Learning
10,605 / 400,575

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1378 19535
1992 1414 21974
1993 1427 22526
1994 1538 24035
1995 1543 27397
1996 1633 29426
1997 1665 32951
1998 1727 35810
1999 1757 39924
2000 1831 45064
2001 2072 49270
2002 2888 62400
2003 2763 67271
2004 3158 74777
2005 3470 85768
2006 3735 99035
2007 3955 112438
2008 4129 123074
2009 4514 140396
2010 4776 157165
2011 4453 174405
2012 4698 196545
2013 4763 212353
2014 4977 228859
2015 5227 240846
2016 5697 246791
2017 5755 254699
2018 6275 276649
2019 6698 304697
2020 7675 349977
2021 7816 393997
2022 7389 393466
2023 7209 395047
Academic rankings

University of California - Irvine alumni

  1. Nazanin Boniadi

    Nazanin Boniadi
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama 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 fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–present).

  2. David Benioff

    David Benioff
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    novelisttelevision directorfilm screenwritertelevision producershowrunner
    Biography

    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).

  3. Coco Lee

    Coco Lee
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-2023 (aged 48)
    Occupations
    musicianfilm actoractorcomposerrecord producer
    Biography

    Ferren "Coco" Lee was a Chinese-American singer and songwriter. She was raised in Hong Kong and the United States. Lee began her career in Hong Kong before expanding to Taiwan and internationally. She released 18 studio albums, two live albums, and five compilation albums.

  4. Jon Lovitz

    Jon Lovitz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    stage actorcomedianfilm actordub actorvoice actor
    Biography

    Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American actor and comedian. Lovitz 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. Outside of SNL, he starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic (1994–1995) and has played various roles on The Simpsons (1991–).

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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 8,998
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

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