University of California-Irvine Student Population

How many students at UCI?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of California-Irvine has a total enrollment of 37,297 students, including 30,204 undergraduate and 7,093 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 16,711 male students (44.8%) and 20,586 female students (55.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 12,843 Asian students (34.4%) and 9,146 Hispanic students (24.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 30,204 undergraduate students (81%) and 7,093 graduate students (19%).
• Class Delivery: 614 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 12,862 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UCI's body is relatively large.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 16,711 male (44.81%) and 20,586 female (55.19%) students are attending University of California-Irvine. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 81.18.

By class level, 30,204 (80.98%) are undergraduate students and 7,093 (19.02%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.89% are male and 56.11% are female, while among graduate students, 48.68% are male and 51.32% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,513 White, 816 Black, and 12,843 Asian students out of a total of 37,297 are attending at University of California-Irvine. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of California-Irvine is quite diverse with a diversity index of 79.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UCI has 813 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 31,770 students under 25 years old, and 5,527 students over 25 years old out of 37,297 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 812 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. UCI has 29,237 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 967 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,533 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,560 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of California-Irvine, 614 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,862 students are enrolled in some online courses.

518 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 96 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 30,204 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,728 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.03%.2,680 students have transferred in as full-time status and 48 students transferred in as part-time status.