Applying to UCI

University of California-Irvine's acceptance rate is 25.57% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 121,101 students applied and 30,962 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively hard (lower than the national average) to get into UCI.

UCI's acceptance rate places 13rd out of 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to UCI, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not considered for admission at University of California-Irvine.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Irvine is 25.57% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 21.95%. 56,771 men and 64,330 women applied to UCI and 13,037 men and 17,925 women students were accepted.

Among them, 2,903 men and 3,893 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at UCI.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UCI
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	121,101	56,771	64,330	0	0
Admitted	30,962	13,037	17,925	0	0
Enrolled	6,796	2,903	3,893	0	0
Acceptance Rate	25.57%	22.96%	27.86%	-	-
Yield	21.95%	22.27%	21.72%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

University of California-Irvine 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 6,796 first-year students enrolled in UCI. The proportion of full-time students is 99.72% and part-time students is 0.28%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 42.72% and women students is 57.28%.

The following table and chart visualize the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at UCI.

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UCI
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,796	2,903	3,893
Full-time	6,777	2,890	3,887
Part-time	19	13	6

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Rank, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at UCI. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of California-Irvine.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

UCI Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Not Considered
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $80 for undergraduate schools and $135 for graduate schools of University of California-Irvine. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UCI.

Admission Information for Applying to UCI
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	admissions.uci.edu/
Online Application	admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Calendar System	Quarter
Course for High School Students	Not Offered
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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