California Best Graduate Schools
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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 |
| School Type | Public, 4 years |
|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $28,747 $13,645 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 |
| Distance Learning (Online Classes) | Graduate Level Courses & Programs |
|---|---|
| Special learning Opportunities |
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| On-Campus Student Services |
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| California Residents | Out-of-State | |||
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| 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 |
| Residents | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| University of California-Irvine | $13,645 | $28,747 |
| All Graduate Schools | $16,002 | $19,518 |
| Public | $11,454 | $20,592 |
| Private | $19,594 | |
| California Graduate Schools | $19,794 | $22,475 |
| Public | $11,472 | $21,739 |
| Private | $23,882 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master's Degree | 115 | 0 | 1,750 |
| Doctor's degree - research/scholarship | 89 | 0 | 532 |
| Doctor's degree - other | 2 | 0 | 231 |
| Post Bachelor's Degree | 3 | 0 | 126 |
| Total | 209 | 0 | 2,639 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | ✕ | 126 | - |
| Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Chemistry | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | ✕ | 21 completers | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation | ✕ | 21 | - |
| Environmental Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 131 completers | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Informatics | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer Science | ✕ | 115 | - |
| Computer Graphics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Education [+] | ✕ | 162 completers | - |
| Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Educational Evaluation and Research | ✕ | 20 | - |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | ✕ | 142 | - |
| Biology Teacher Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Engineering [+] | ✕ | 290 completers | - |
| Engineering | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| German Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
| French Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Anatomy | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Physiology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Pharmacology | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Environmental Toxicology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Biotechnology | ✕ | 14 | - |
| Epidemiology | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Neuroscience | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Cognitive Science | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Computational Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Social Psychology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Research and Experimental Psychology (other) | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Forensic Psychology | ✕ | 41 | - |
| Human Services [+] | ✕ | 25 completers | - |
| Public Policy Analysis | ✕ | 25 | - |
| Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 76 completers | - |
| Social Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Anthropology | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Criminology | ✕ | 42 | $62,300 |
| Demography and Population Studies | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Economics | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Economics (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Political Science and Government | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Political Science and Government (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Music | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Music (other) | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts (other) | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 64 completers | - |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | ✕ | 0 | $175,300 |
| Medical Scientist | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Genetic Counseling/Counselor | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Public Health | ✕ | 32 | - |
| Environmental Health | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Nursing Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | ✕ | 19 | - |
| Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Business [+] | ✕ | 482 completers | - |
| Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 188 | $88,100 |
| Accounting | ✕ | 0 | $59,700 |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | ✕ | 43 | - |
| Management Science | ✕ | 143 | - |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) | ✕ | 108 | - |
| History [+] | ✕ | 13 completers | - |
| History | ✕ | 13 | - |
| Total | 1,750 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Environmental Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Architecture [+] | ✕ | 7 completers | - |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 39 completers | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Informatics | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer Science | ✕ | 25 | - |
| Computer Graphics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Education [+] | ✕ | 26 completers | - |
| Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| English Language and Literature [+] | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
| English Language and Literature | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 74 completers | - |
| Biochemistry | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Molecular Biology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Anatomy | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Physiology | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Pharmacology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Environmental Toxicology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other) | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Epidemiology | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Neuroscience | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Public Policy Analysis | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 63 completers | - |
| Anthropology | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Criminology | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Economics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | ✕ | 23 | - |
| Economics (other) | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Political Science and Government | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Political Science and Government (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Sociology | ✕ | 13 | - |
| Social Sciences (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 8 completers | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts | ✕ | 0 | - |
| 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 | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Management Science | ✕ | 11 | - |
| History [+] | ✕ | 9 completers | - |
| History | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Total | 532 |
| 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 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education [+] | ✕ | 126 completers | - |
| Education | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | ✕ | 126 | - |
| Physical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Chemistry | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Total | 126 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,056 | 3,514 | 3,542 |
| Full-time | 6,551 | 3,290 | 3,261 |
| Part-tme | 505 | 224 | 281 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,056 | 3,514 | 3,542 |
| American Indian/Native American | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Asian | 1,308 | 612 | 696 |
| Black/African American | 222 | 77 | 145 |
| Hispanic | 1,017 | 427 | 590 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| White | 1,910 | 928 | 982 |
| Two More | 263 | 108 | 155 |
| Un-Known | 245 | 130 | 115 |
| Non-resident Alien | 2,074 | 1,226 | 848 |
| Number of Graduate Students | |
|---|---|
| Total | 7,056 |
| Enrolled Online Exclusively | 2,645 |
| Enrolled Some Online Courses | 2,627 |
| Not in Online Courses | 1,784 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,056 | 3,514 | 3,542 |
| Age 18-19 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Age 20-21 | 141 | 67 | 74 |
| Age 22-24 | 2,211 | 1,090 | 1,121 |
| Age 25-29 | 3,025 | 1,494 | 1,531 |
| Age 30-34 | 1,008 | 545 | 463 |
| Age 35-39 | 374 | 183 | 191 |
| Age 40-49 | 243 | 111 | 132 |
| Age 50-64 | 49 | 21 | 28 |
| Over 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 |