Enrollment Trends at UCI

The student population at University of California-Irvine is 37,297 (30,204 undergraduate and 7,093 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,461 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCI is 80.98% which is increased by 4,948 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,513 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

614 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 453.15% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 35,440 where 37,297 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

80.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,948 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,513 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 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 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,836	25,256	11,675	13,581	5,580	3,131	2,449
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
2023-24	36,582 645	29,503 841	13,009 425	16,494 416	7,079 -196	3,516 -157	3,563 -39
2024-25	37,297 715	30,204 701	13,258 249	16,946 452	7,093 14	3,453 -63	3,640 77
Average	35,440	28,947	13,360	15,587	6,493	3,360	3,133

University of California-Irvine Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 28,947 where 30,204 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Irvine since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	29,503	28,884	12,677	16,207	619	332	287
2024-25	30,204	29,559	12,898	16,661	645	360	285
Average	28,947	28,947	13,040	15,336	28,947	320	251

University of California-Irvine Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,493 where 7,093 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Irvine since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,079	6,627	3,307	3,320	452	209	243
2024-25	7,093	6,652	3,225	3,427	441	228	213
Average	6,493	6,493	3,153	2,941	6,493	207	192

University of California-Irvine Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.78% and the percentage of black students is 2.19% at University of California-Irvine. 34.43% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 18.53% to 14.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 33.51% to 34.43%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.87% to 2.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.47% to 24.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7955 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8012 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Irvine over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	52	12,789	796	8,767	37	5,517	2,184
2024-25	47	12,843	816	9,146	29	5,513	2,204
Average	34	11,881	746	8,373	74	5,748	1,628

University of California-Irvine Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

614 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 453.15% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Irvine from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	36,582	628	12,901	23,053
2024-25	37,297	614	12,862	23,821
Average	35,440	4,479	8,425	22,536

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Enrollment Trends at UCI

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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