Enrollment Trends at UCI

The student population at University of California-Irvine is 35,937 (28,662 undergraduate and 7,275 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,458 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCI is 79.76% which is increased by 6,446 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,012 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,519 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,964.75% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 33,358 where 35,937 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,446 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,012 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UCI than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Irvine since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,479	22,216	10,161	12,055	5,263	3,108	2,155
2013-14	28,895 1,416	23,530 1,314	10,752 591	12,778 723	5,365 102	3,080 -28	2,285 130
2014-15	30,051 1,156	24,489 959	11,286 534	13,203 425	5,562 197	3,207 127	2,355 70
2015-16	30,836 785	25,256 767	11,675 389	13,581 378	5,580 18	3,131 -76	2,449 94
2016-17	32,754 1,918	27,331 2,075	12,828 1,153	14,503 922	5,423 -157	2,988 -143	2,435 -14
2017-18	35,242 2,488	29,307 1,976	13,871 1,043	15,436 933	5,935 512	3,211 223	2,724 289
2018-19	36,032 790	29,736 429	14,454 583	15,282 -154	6,296 361	3,344 133	2,952 228
2019-20	36,908 876	30,382 646	14,539 85	15,843 561	6,526 230	3,395 51	3,131 179
2020-21	36,303 -605	29,638 -744	14,015 -524	15,623 -220	6,665 139	3,372 -23	3,293 162
2021-22	36,505 202	29,449 -189	13,369 -646	16,080 457	7,056 391	3,514 142	3,542 249
2022-23	35,937 -568	28,662 -787	12,584 -785	16,078 -2	7,275 219	3,673 159	3,602 60
Average	33,358	27,272	12,685	14,587	6,086	3,275	2,811

University of California-Irvine Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 27,272 where 28,662 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Irvine since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,216	21,881	9,965	11,916	335	196	139
2013-14	23,530	23,127	10,534	12,593	403	218	185
2014-15	24,489	24,141	11,094	13,047	348	192	156
2015-16	25,256	24,854	11,431	13,423	402	244	158
2016-17	27,331	26,889	12,567	14,322	442	261	181
2017-18	29,307	28,855	13,619	15,236	452	252	200
2018-19	29,736	29,251	14,183	15,068	485	271	214
2019-20	30,382	29,797	14,210	15,587	585	329	256
2020-21	29,638	28,990	13,641	15,349	648	374	274
2021-22	29,449	28,753	12,965	15,788	696	404	292
2022-23	28,662	27,932	12,213	15,719	730	371	359
Average	27,272	27,272	12,402	14,368	27,272	283	219

University of California-Irvine Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,086 where 7,275 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Irvine since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,263	4,773	2,770	2,003	490	338	152
2013-14	5,365	4,919	2,789	2,130	446	291	155
2014-15	5,562	5,132	2,931	2,201	430	276	154
2015-16	5,580	5,198	2,892	2,306	382	239	143
2016-17	5,423	5,092	2,783	2,309	331	205	126
2017-18	5,935	5,597	3,014	2,583	338	197	141
2018-19	6,296	5,949	3,153	2,796	347	191	156
2019-20	6,526	6,139	3,205	2,934	387	190	197
2020-21	6,665	6,329	3,218	3,111	336	154	182
2021-22	7,056	6,551	3,290	3,261	505	224	281
2022-23	7,275	6,801	3,440	3,361	474	233	241
Average	6,086	6,086	3,044	2,636	6,086	231	175

University of California-Irvine Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.44% and the percentage of black students is 2.23% at University of California-Irvine. 34.04% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Irvine over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	49	11,397	541	4,823	83	6,073	968
2013-14	48	11,195	537	5,625	110	6,073	1,088
2014-15	24	10,872	545	6,454	114	5,971	1,190
2015-16	26	10,334	576	6,929	111	5,715	1,103
2016-17	23	10,715	617	7,799	104	5,689	1,172
2017-18	24	11,451	687	8,422	92	5,996	1,313
2018-19	34	11,735	771	8,462	93	5,916	1,442
2019-20	28	12,191	781	8,607	79	5,961	1,579
2020-21	28	12,330	769	8,332	77	5,797	1,642
2021-22	31	12,194	842	8,623	69	5,826	1,748
2022-23	44	12,232	801	8,645	53	5,549	1,896
Average	33	11,513	679	7,520	90	5,870	1,376

University of California-Irvine Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,519 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,964.75% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Irvine from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	30,051	122	1,570	28,359
2015-16	30,836	111	1,434	29,291
2016-17	32,754	101	2,337	30,316
2017-18	35,242	100	4,443	30,699
2018-19	36,032	182	4,852	30,998
2019-20	36,908	204	5,262	31,442
2020-21	36,303	34,140	1,809	354
2021-22	36,505	6,193	23,448	6,864
2022-23	35,937	2,519	14,897	18,521
Average	34,508	4,852	6,672	22,983

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