Student Population at University of California-Irvine

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
35,93728,6627,275
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 35,937 students have enrolled in University of California-Irvine with 28,662 undergraduate and 7,275 graduate students.
By gender, 16,257 male and 19,680 female students are attending the school.
It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
2,519 students are enrolled exclusively, and 14,897 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

University of California-Irvine has a total of 35,937 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 28,662 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,275 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 16,257 male and 19,680 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total35,93728,6627,275
Men16,25712,5843,673
Women19,68016,0783,602

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,549 White, 801 Black, and 12,232 Asian students out of a total of 35,937 are attending at University of California-Irvine. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American442321
Asian12,2325,5996,633
Black801290511
Hispanic8,6453,0825,563
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders532132
White5,5492,6602,889
Two or more races1,8967891,107
Race Unknown612268344
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American372017
Asian10,9165,0065,910
Black575212363
Hispanic7,5962,6354,961
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders411724
White3,7491,7531,996
Two or more races1,609679930
Race Unknown392160232
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American743
Asian1,022548474
Black321913
Hispanic603247356
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White530250280
Two or more races1407070
Race Unknown22715

Student Age Distribution

By age, UCI has 755 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 30,241 students under 25 years old, and 5,696 students over 25 years old out of 35,937 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 755 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. UCI has 27,729 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 933 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,512 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,763 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18755532223
18-1911,4406,9114,529
20-2112,3896,8115,578
22-245,6572,6193,038
25-293,7121,8291,883
30-341,188568620
35-39429208221
40-49285155130
50-64784434
Over 65431
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18755532223
18-1911,4366,9104,526
20-2112,2166,7045,512
22-243,3221,4841,838
25-29610274336
30-341648876
35-39864937
40-49522824
50-6418612
Over 65330
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of California-Irvine, 2,519 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,897 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,418 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,101 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students35,9372,51914,897
Undergraduate28,66218712,174
Graduate7,2752,3322,723
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,418426675
Undergraduate157228
Graduate1,261424647

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 28,662 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,588 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.03%.2,527 students have transferred in as full-time status and 61 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time25,405
Transfer-in Full-time2,527
Regular Part-time669
Transfer-in Part-time61
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