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UC Irvine acceptance rate

University of California, Irvine · Irvine, California · Public · 30,197 undergraduates

28.6%
accepted, fall 2024
122,699
applications
35,054
offers of admission
6,736
enrolled (19% of those admitted)

The rate slipped from 37% in 2014 to 29% in 2024, while the typical four-year college moved the other way (up about 6 points). Only about 7 in 100 four-year colleges admit a smaller share of applicants. Women applying for fall 2024 had better odds than men: 31% were admitted, against 26% of men.

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 59%2002 59%2003 57%2004 54%2005 52%2006 60%2007 60%2008 56%2009 49%2010 44%2011 45%2012 47%2013 42%2014 37%2015 39%2016 41%2017 37%2018 29%2019 27%2020 30%2021 29%2022 21%2023 26%2024 29%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
2024122,69935,05428.6%6,736
2023121,10130,96225.6%6,796
2022119,19125,21221.2%5,664
2021107,95031,11028.8%6,489
202097,93829,30129.9%5,765
201995,56525,36026.5%6,069
201895,05927,33728.8%5,793
201785,09231,06336.5%6,545
201677,81631,63040.6%6,551
201571,77527,76438.7%5,756
201466,51524,89037.4%5,435
201356,51523,95642.4%5,077
201249,28323,39047.5%5,115
201145,73620,67745.2%4,411
201044,12619,48244.2%4,030
200942,42420,67048.7%4,583
200839,96022,21855.6%4,931
200738,42923,19360.4%4,835
200634,50720,83260.4%4,338
200534,50017,98952.1%3,633
200434,39318,50153.8%4,043
200330,63017,35956.7%4,028
200229,18017,24859.1%3,827
200129,18017,24859.1%3,827

Applications and offers

050k100k150k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 29k Admitted: 17k2002 Applied: 29k Admitted: 17k2003 Applied: 31k Admitted: 17k2004 Applied: 34k Admitted: 19k2005 Applied: 35k Admitted: 18k2006 Applied: 35k Admitted: 21k2007 Applied: 38k Admitted: 23k2008 Applied: 40k Admitted: 22k2009 Applied: 42k Admitted: 21k2010 Applied: 44k Admitted: 19k2011 Applied: 46k Admitted: 21k2012 Applied: 49k Admitted: 23k2013 Applied: 57k Admitted: 24k2014 Applied: 67k Admitted: 25k2015 Applied: 72k Admitted: 28k2016 Applied: 78k Admitted: 32k2017 Applied: 85k Admitted: 31k2018 Applied: 95k Admitted: 27k2019 Applied: 96k Admitted: 25k2020 Applied: 98k Admitted: 29k2021 Applied: 108k Admitted: 31k2022 Applied: 119k Admitted: 25k2023 Applied: 121k Admitted: 31k2024 Applied: 123k Admitted: 35k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women64,97420,28231.2%
Men57,72514,77225.6%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Not considered (test-blind)
Score ranges
Not published for this entering class

Colleges similar to UC Irvine

The six public four-year colleges closest to UC Irvine in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA		27%34,948$14,794$96,197
San Diego State
San Diego, CA		36%35,377$13,243$73,494
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA		33%23,113$16,807$82,568
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA		31%21,996$18,832$96,304
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL		24%32,212$8,605$68,225

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by UC Irvine to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UC Irvine on College Scorecard