University Facts

UCI is one of 66 universities in the U.S. and Canada elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
UCI is ranked among nation’s top 10 public universities for seventh year in a row by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News also puts campus at No. 2 for social mobility for second consecutive year.
The New York Times named UCI No. 1 among U.S. universities "doing the most for the American dream" in its 2017 and 2015 College Access Index. The ranking measures economic diversity based on several factors: the share of students receiving Pell Grants (which typically go to families making less than $70,000 a year); the graduation rate of those students; the net cost, after financial aid, that a college charges low- and middle-income students; and endowment per student.
For the 21st consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has recognized UCI Medical Center as one of America’s Best Hospitals.
Three UCI faculty members, one postdoctoral scholar and one alumnus have received a Nobel Prize. Our Nobel laureates include recipients of the prize in chemistry (David MacMillian Ph.D. ’96, Mario Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland, Irwin A. Rose) and physics (Frederick Reines).

The following programs and specialties ranked among the nation's Top 50 by U.S. News & World Report:

Criminology (2); Education (10); Business (44); Part-time MBA (25); Engineering (38); Aerospace Engineering (24); Biomedical Engineering (32); Chemical Engineering (43); Civil Engineering (30); Computer Engineering (33); Electrical Engineering (34); Environmental Engineering (38); Industrial / Manufacturing / Systems Engineering (42); Materials Engineering (33); Mechanical Engineering (38); Law (37); Business/Corporate Law (44); Clinical Training (5); Constitutional Law (18); Contracts/Commercial Law (27); Criminal Law (24); Dispute Resolution (22); Environmental Law (34); Health Care Law (29); Intellectual Property Law (19); International Law (18); Legal Writing (10); Tax Law (9); Nursing (42); Biological Sciences (32); Chemistry (20); Inorganic Chemistry (15); Organic Chemistry (16); Computer Science (28); Computer Science - Systems (30); Earth Sciences (36); Economics (38); English (20); Literary Criticism and Theory (7); Fine Arts (42); History (30); Mathematics (37); Physics (28); Political Science (41); Psychology (30); Public Health (31); Sociology (20); Statistics (27)

UCI is among the Top 5 fastest rising universities by Nature Index, an international journal of science, which gives high ranks to our programs in chemistry, physical sciences, earth and environmental sciences, and life sciences. The university placed third behind Princeton University and Northwestern University.
UCI places in the Top 100 of National Taiwan University's World Rankings. Nine programs also rank among the Top 100 of their respective fields. These programs are: Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Geoscience, Neuroscience & Behavior, Space Science, Psychiatry/Psychology, Environment/Ecology, Physics and Biology & Biochemsitry.

UCI is No. 2 in Sierra magazine’s 2021 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking of sustainability leaders. Campus has been in top 10 for unmatched 12 straight years, with 4 first-place finishes. The magazine is the official publication of the Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest and most influential environmental organizations.
UCI is one of four universities to receive the STARS platinum rating.
Money magazine named UCI the No. 1 university for beach lovers.

UCI ranks No. 3 for Top Colleges in the West for Diversity by The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education.
UCI is recognized among the 30 Best Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities. Ranked 4th on the list, the campus provides extensive offerings via the Disability Services Center.
The U.S. Department of Education named UCI a Hispanic-serving institution, meaning that fully one-quarter of undergraduates identify as Latino and that half of all students receive financial aid. UCI also is designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution.

Undergraduates	29,449
Graduate (general campus)	6,090
Graduate (Health Sciences)	1,704
Total	37,243

Ladder-rank faculty	1,551
Other teaching faculty	1,264
Nonteaching academics	3,328
Campus staff	6,490
Medical center staff	6,335
Subtotal	18,968
Student employees	6,666
Total	25,634

Bachelor's	9,737
Master's	1,778
Ph.D.	417
M.D.	104
D.N.P	2
J.D.	210
Total	12,248

One-Year Retention Rate	94%
Four-Year Graduation Rate	73%
Six-Year Graduation Rate	85%

New Undergraduate Applicants (Fall 2021)	142,008
New Undergraduates Enrolled (Fall 2021)	9,374