Graduate Programs at University of California-Riverside

Graduate School Overview

University of California-Riverside (referred to as UC Riverside) is a Public, 4 years school located in Riverside, CA. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (1/31/1956 - Current).

UC Riverside Directory Information
School Name	University of California-Riverside (UC Riverside)
Address	900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone	951-827-1012
Web	https://WWW.UCR.EDU
Online Application	https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Financial Info	https://financialaid.ucr.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of California-Riverside is $13,749 for California residents and $28,851 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,898 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 26,809 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 182 graduate programs through Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$28,851 $13,749 for California Residents
Student Population	3,898
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	182 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Riverside is $13,749 for California residents and $28,851 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023.

University of California-Riverside offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of California-Riverside offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college 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-Riverside is $13,749 for California residents and $28,851 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.99% 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	$2,142	$26,544	$2,142
2019-2020	$11,442	$2,142	$26,544	$2,142
2020-2021	$11,442	$2,142	$26,544	$2,142
2021-2022	$11,442	$2,025	$26,544	$2,025
2022-2023	$11,700	$2,049	$26,802	$2,049

The graduate school tuition & fees of UC Riverside is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the California graduate tuition is $21,739 (public) / $23,882 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of California-Riverside	$13,749	$28,851
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

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $22,519 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of California-Riverside. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.91% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,729. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.15% 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	$16,017	$3,994	$10,618	$4,751
2019-2020	$16,082	$4,016	$10,986	$4,792
2020-2021	$16,261	$3,717	$11,496	$3,147
2021-2022	$16,864	$4,306	$12,010	$5,012
2022-2023	$17,333	$4,453	$12,543	$5,186

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $38,937 for California residents and $51,182 for out-of-state students. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at University of California-Riverside.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of California-Riverside
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$36,888	$2,049	$49,133	$2,049

Graduate Programs at UC Riverside

University of California-Riverside offers 102 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,242 students have completed their study at University of California-Riverside.

Offered Degrees at University of California-Riverside
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	57	842
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	44	331
Doctor's degree - other	1	69
Total	102	1,242

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

The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 166 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 69 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at University of California-Riverside
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	166	-
Education	✕	112	$57,300
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	73	-
Computer Science	✕	54	-
Finance	✕	51	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of California-Riverside
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	69	-
Computer Science	✕	38	-
Chemistry	✕	26	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	22	-
Materials Science	✕	17	-

University of California-Riverside offers 102 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 1,242 students have completed their graduate studies.

842 students have earned/completed Master's program.
69 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	5	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Southeast Asian Studies	✕	1	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	54	-
Education [+]	✕	112 completers	$57,300
Education	✕	112	$57,300
Engineering [+]	✕	146 completers	-
Engineering	✕	46	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	17	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	12	-
Computer Engineering	✕	10	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	43	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	15	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	3	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	49 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	45	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	6	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	9	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	2	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	0	-
Microbiology	✕	1	-
Entomology	✕	5	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	0	-
Bioinformatics	✕	0	-
Ecology	✕	0	-
Neuroscience	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	10	-
Statistics	✕	10	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	6	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	9	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Materials Science	✕	11	-
Psychology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	11	-
Human Services [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	23	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	6	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	2	-
Political Science and Government	✕	10	-
Sociology	✕	10	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	7	-
Dance	✕	2	-
Dance (other)	✕	0	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	7	-
Music	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	290 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	166	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Finance	✕	51	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	73	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
	Total	842

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	4	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	38	-
Education [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Education	✕	10	-
Engineering [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	9	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	15	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	22	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	6	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	3	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	70 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	8	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	8	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	5	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	3	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	8	-
Microbiology	✕	5	-
Entomology	✕	8	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	11	-
Bioinformatics	✕	1	-
Ecology	✕	6	-
Evolutionary Biology	✕	2	-
Neuroscience	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	9	-
Statistics	✕	4	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	65 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	26	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	8	-
Physics	✕	14	-
Materials Science	✕	17	-
Psychology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	13	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Dance (other)	✕	2	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	2	-
Music	✕	6	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	8 completers	-
History	✕	8	-
	Total	331

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	69 completers	-
Medicine	✕	69	-
	Total	69

Graduate Student Population at UC Riverside

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,979 students enrolled into University of California-Riverside graduate schools where it has total 26,809 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,658 full-time and 321 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,141 male and 1,838 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	3,979	2,141	1,838
Full-time	3,658	1,964	1,694
Part-tme	321	177	144

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

There are 955 White (24.00%), 108 Black/African American (2.71%), 703 Hispanic (17.67%), 475 Asian (11.94%), and 1,738 students with other races. 1,433 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,979	2,141	1,838
American Indian/Native American	20	12	8
Asian	475	257	218
Black/African American	108	43	65
Hispanic	703	310	393
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	955	514	441
Two More	147	81	66
Un-Known	134	66	68
Non-resident Alien	1,433	855	578

University of California-Riverside offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 92 graduate students (2.31% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,453 graduate students (36.52% 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	3,979
Enrolled Online Exclusively	92
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,453
Not in Online Courses	2,434

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of California-Riverside. 1,221 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.69% of total students), 66 students are aged above 50 (1.66%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of California-Riverside.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,979	2,141	1,838
Age 20-21	79	39	40
Age 22-24	1,142	622	520
Age 25-29	1,714	922	792
Age 30-34	648	352	296
Age 35-39	190	100	90
Age 40-49	140	74	66
Age 50-64	58	31	27
Over 64	8	1	7

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