Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCI

At University of California-Irvine, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 32.46%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 26.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.44%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of UCI applicants decreased by 1.60% (1,910 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 32.46%, and this year's acceptance rate is 26.00% at University of California-Irvine. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 30.71% and women students' rate is 33.85%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-Irvine over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	42.39%	40.18%	44.28%
2014-15	37.42% -4.97%	35.50% -4.68%	39.04% -5.24%
2015-16	38.68% 1.26%	36.95% 1.45%	40.16% 1.12%
2016-17	40.65% 1.97%	38.56% 1.60%	42.43% 2.27%
2017-18	36.51% -4.14%	35.27% -3.29%	37.56% -4.87%
2018-19	28.76% -7.75%	29.72% -5.55%	27.95% -9.60%
2019-20	26.54% -2.22%	24.89% -4.83%	27.95% -0.01%
2020-21	29.92% 3.38%	29.58% 4.69%	30.20% 2.25%
2021-22	29.00% -0.92%	26.00% -3.58%	31.00% 0.80%
2022-23	21.15% -7.85%	18.12% -7.88%	23.80% -7.20%
2023-24	26.00% 4.85%	23.00% 4.88%	28.00% 4.20%
Average	32.46%	30.71%	33.85%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.44% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Irvine from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.19%	21.06%	21.30%
2014-15	21.84% 0.64%	22.77% 1.71%	21.12% -0.18%
2015-16	20.73% -1.10%	20.69% -2.09%	20.77% -0.35%
2016-17	20.71% -0.02%	22.24% 1.55%	19.53% -1.24%
2017-18	21.07% 0.36%	22.03% -0.21%	20.31% 0.78%
2018-19	21.19% 0.12%	22.95% 0.92%	19.63% -0.68%
2019-20	23.93% 2.74%	23.67% 0.72%	24.13% 4.50%
2020-21	19.68% -4.26%	19.89% -3.78%	19.50% -4.63%
2021-22	21.00% 1.32%	19.00% -0.89%	22.00% 2.50%
2022-23	22.47% 1.47%	21.62% 2.62%	23.03% 1.03%
2023-24	22.00% -0.47%	22.00% 0.38%	22.00% -1.02%
Average	21.44%	21.63%	21.21%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 90,411, the average number of admitted is 28,119, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,014.

The number of UCI applicants decreased by 1.60% (1,910 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-Irvine from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	56,515	23,956	5,077
2014-15	66,515 17.69%	24,890 3.90%	5,435 7.05%
2015-16	71,775 7.91%	27,764 11.55%	5,756 5.91%
2016-17	77,816 8.42%	31,630 13.92%	6,551 13.81%
2017-18	85,092 9.35%	31,063 -1.79%	6,545 -0.09%
2018-19	95,059 11.71%	27,337 -11.99%	5,793 -11.49%
2019-20	95,565 0.53%	25,360 -7.23%	6,069 4.76%
2020-21	97,938 2.48%	29,301 15.54%	5,765 -5.01%
2021-22	107,950 10.22%	31,306 6.84%	6,574 14.03%
2022-23	119,191 10.41%	25,212 -19.47%	5,664 -13.84%
2023-24	121,101 1.60%	31,486 24.88%	6,927 22.30%
Average	90,411	28,119	6,014

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of California-Irvine and similar schools.