Graduate Programs at University of California-Irvine

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School Name	University of California-Irvine (UCI)
Address	501 Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA 92697
Phone	949-824-5011
Web	https://www.uci.edu
Online Application	https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Financial Info	https://www.ofas.uci.edu

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$29,377 $14,275 for California Residents
Student Population	7,275
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	309 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
California Residents	$14,275
Out-of-State	$29,377
California Residents	$0
Out-of-State	$0

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of California-Irvine is $14,275 for California residents and $29,377 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.19% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,442	$1,902	$26,544	$1,902
2019-2020	$11,442	$1,907	$26,544	$1,907
2020-2021	$11,442	$1,912	$26,544	$1,912
2021-2022	$11,442	$1,914	$26,544	$1,914
2022-2023	$11,700	$1,945	$26,802	$1,945
2023-2024	$12,264	$2,011	$27,366	$2,011

The graduate school tuition & fees of UCI is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the California graduate tuition is $21,930 (public) / $24,536 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of California-Irvine	$14,275	$29,377
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
California Graduate Schools	$19,839	$23,084
Public	$11,723	$21,930
Private	$24,536

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $24,330 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UCI.

On-campus living costs are increased by 5.73% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $22,123. Off-campus living costs are increased by 9.35% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$15,263	$3,935	$12,424	$4,968
2019-2020	$16,135	$4,111	$12,861	$5,184
2020-2021	$16,677	$4,250	$14,034	$5,116
2021-2022	$16,869	$4,339	$14,681	$5,258
2022-2023	$17,699	$4,305	$14,964	$5,268
2023-2024	$18,423	$4,841	$16,216	$5,907

The law school tuition at University of California-Irvine is $54,103 for California residents and $64,218 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $38,872 for California residents and $51,117 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at UCI.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of California-Irvine
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$36,927	$1,945	$49,172	$1,945
Law	$52,158	$1,945	$62,273	$1,945

Graduate Programs at UCI

University of California-Irvine offers 209 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,639 students have completed their study at University of California-Irvine.

Offered Degrees at University of California-Irvine
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	115	1,750
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	89	532
Doctor's degree - other	2	231
Post Bachelor's Degree	3	126
Total	209	2,639

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of California-Irvine by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teacher Education, Multiple Levels program with 126 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 188 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 138 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of California-Irvine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	126	-
Education	✕	-	-
Chemistry	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of California-Irvine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	188	$88,100
Management Science	✕	143	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	142	-
Computer Science	✕	115	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	113	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of California-Irvine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	138	-
Medicine	✕	93	-
Chemistry	✕	41	$64,000
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	26	-
Computer Science	✕	25	-

University of California-Irvine offers 209 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 2,639 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,750 students have earned/completed Master's program.
231 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
126 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	21	-
Environmental Studies	✕	-	-
Architecture [+]	✕	28 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	28	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
European Studies/Civilization	✕	2	-
Asian-American Studies	✕	2	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	131 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Informatics	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	115	-
Computer Graphics	✕	-	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	162 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	20	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	142	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	290 completers	-
Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	44	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	10	-
Civil Engineering	✕	22	-
Computer Engineering	✕	49	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	47	-
Computer Engineering (other)	✕	11	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	43	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Materials Engineering	✕	14	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	47	$81,500
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	1	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
German Language and Literature	✕	-	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	39 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	39	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	21 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Creative Writing	✕	16	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	5	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology	✕	-	-
Anatomy	✕	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	1	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	-	-
Physiology	✕	1	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology	✕	10	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology and Toxicology	✕	1	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	✕	-	-
Biotechnology	✕	14	-
Epidemiology	✕	4	-
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	✕	7	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	-	-
Neuroscience	✕	4	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	✕	-	-
Neurobiology and Behavior	✕	12	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	146 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	113	-
Applied Mathematics (other)	✕	5	-
Statistics	✕	16	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	-	-
Cognitive Science	✕	2	-
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	✕	3	-
Computational Science	✕	-	-
Human Computer Interaction	✕	43	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	8	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Philosophy (other)	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	10	-
Chemistry (other)	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	15	-
Physics	✕	6	-
Physics (other)	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	✕	1	-
Social Psychology	✕	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	6	-
Forensic Psychology	✕	41	-
Human Services [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	25	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	76 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	-	-
Anthropology	✕	4	-
Criminology	✕	42	$62,300
Demography and Population Studies	✕	6	-
Economics	✕	1	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	10	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Political Science and Government (other)	✕	-	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Dance	✕	4	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	17	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	16	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	-	-
Music	✕	1	-
Music (other)	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	$175,300
Medical Scientist	✕	4	-
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	✕	7	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	1	-
Public Health	✕	32	-
Environmental Health	✕	1	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Nursing Science	✕	-	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✕	19	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	482 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	188	$88,100
Accounting	✕	-	$59,700
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	43	-
Management Science	✕	143	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	108	-
History [+]	✕	13 completers	-
History	✕	13	-
	Total	1,750

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	-	-
Environmental Studies	✕	-	-
Architecture [+]	✕	7 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	7	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Informatics	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	25	-
Computer Graphics	✕	-	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	26	-
Engineering [+]	✕	109 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	18	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	15	-
Civil Engineering	✕	16	-
Computer Engineering	✕	11	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	16	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Materials Engineering	✕	11	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	19	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	6	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
German Language and Literature	✕	2	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	74 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	6	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	12	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology	✕	-	-
Anatomy	✕	7	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	5	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	2	-
Physiology	✕	2	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology	✕	1	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology and Toxicology	✕	-	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	✕	4	-
Epidemiology	✕	3	-
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	✕	12	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	-	-
Neuroscience	✕	9	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	✕	-	-
Neurobiology and Behavior	✕	11	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	21	-
Applied Mathematics (other)	✕	3	-
Statistics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	1	-
Cognitive Science	✕	3	-
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	✕	1	-
Computational Science	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	5	-
Philosophy (other)	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	74 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	41	$64,000
Chemistry (other)	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	19	-
Physics (other)	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Psychology	✕	1	-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	✕	1	-
Social Psychology	✕	1	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	10	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	11	-
Criminology	✕	7	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	23	-
Economics (other)	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government (other)	✕	-	-
Sociology	✕	13	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Music (other)	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	3	-
Public Health	✕	5	-
Environmental Health	✕	5	-
Nursing Science	✕	2	-
Nursing Practice	✕	18	-
Business [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	11	-
History [+]	✕	9 completers	-
History	✕	9	-
	Total	532

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	138 completers	-
Law	✕	138	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	93 completers	-
Medicine	✕	93	-
	Total	231

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	126 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	126	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Chemistry	✕	-	-
	Total	126

Graduate Student Population at UCI

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,275 students enrolled into University of California-Irvine graduate schools where it has total 35,937 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 6,801 full-time and 474 part-time graduate students. By gender, 3,673 male and 3,602 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,275	3,673	3,602
Full-time	6,801	3,440	3,361
Part-tme	474	233	241

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,800 White (24.74%), 226 Black/African American (3.11%), 1,049 Hispanic (14.42%), 1,316 Asian (18.09%), and 2,884 students with other races. 2,358 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,275	3,673	3,602
American Indian/Native American	7	3	4
Asian	1,316	593	723
Black/African American	226	78	148
Hispanic	1,049	447	602
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	4	8
White	1,800	907	893
Two More	287	110	177
Un-Known	220	108	112
Non-resident Alien	2,358	1,423	935

University of California-Irvine offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,332 graduate students (32.05% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,723 graduate students (37.43% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,275
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,332
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,723
Not in Online Courses	2,220

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of California-Irvine. 2,508 students are aged 20 to 24 (34.47% of total students), 4 students are aged below 20 (0.05%), 61 students are aged above 50 (0.84%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of California-Irvine.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,275	3,673	3,602
Age 18-19	4	3	1
Age 20-21	173	66	107
Age 22-24	2,335	1,200	1,135
Age 25-29	3,102	1,547	1,555
Age 30-34	1,024	544	480
Age 35-39	343	184	159
Age 40-49	233	106	127
Age 50-64	60	22	38
Over 64	1	1	0

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