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UC Riverside acceptance rate

University of California, Riverside · Riverside, California · Public · 22,593 undergraduates

76.4%
accepted, fall 2024
58,048
applications
44,343
offers of admission
5,422
enrolled (12% of those admitted)

UC Riverside expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 18 points between 2014 and 2024, to 76%. Women applying for fall 2024 had better odds than men: 80% were admitted, against 72% of men. University of Nevada, Reno is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to UC Riverside in size and selectivity (74%); UNC Charlotte is the easiest (80%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 85%2002 85%2003 82%2004 84%2005 74%2006 80%2007 86%2008 87%2009 84%2010 84%2011 76%2012 68%2013 62%2014 58%2015 56%2016 66%2017 56%2018 51%2019 57%2020 66%2021 65%2022 69%2023 63%2024 76%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202458,04844,34376.4%5,422
202362,80739,75863.3%5,521
202254,68337,56368.7%5,573
202152,67234,43765.4%5,203
202049,44232,52265.8%4,850
201949,51527,98456.5%4,766
201849,07924,82050.6%4,529
201743,67124,67456.5%4,596
201642,62928,28066.3%5,358
201538,51121,41255.6%4,044
201436,10121,04458.3%4,279
201330,39118,84362.0%4,034
201228,09919,15268.2%3,664
201126,48020,09475.9%4,469
201031,88426,70783.8%4,299
200930,19225,43984.3%4,424
200826,87223,29286.7%3,728
200725,89922,36986.4%3,594
200624,42019,47579.8%2,988
200521,20715,59273.5%3,456
200426,54322,29784.0%3,886
200322,98618,81681.9%3,561
200220,98017,90985.4%3,273
200120,98017,90985.4%3,273

Applications and offers

020k40k60k80k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 21k Admitted: 18k2002 Applied: 21k Admitted: 18k2003 Applied: 23k Admitted: 19k2004 Applied: 27k Admitted: 22k2005 Applied: 21k Admitted: 16k2006 Applied: 24k Admitted: 19k2007 Applied: 26k Admitted: 22k2008 Applied: 27k Admitted: 23k2009 Applied: 30k Admitted: 25k2010 Applied: 32k Admitted: 27k2011 Applied: 26k Admitted: 20k2012 Applied: 28k Admitted: 19k2013 Applied: 30k Admitted: 19k2014 Applied: 36k Admitted: 21k2015 Applied: 39k Admitted: 21k2016 Applied: 43k Admitted: 28k2017 Applied: 44k Admitted: 25k2018 Applied: 49k Admitted: 25k2019 Applied: 50k Admitted: 28k2020 Applied: 49k Admitted: 33k2021 Applied: 53k Admitted: 34k2022 Applied: 55k Admitted: 38k2023 Applied: 63k Admitted: 40k2024 Applied: 58k Admitted: 44k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women30,36424,31280.1%
Men27,68420,03172.4%

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 Riverside

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA		75%25,042$9,404$77,464
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK		77%22,734$15,531$66,905
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL		77%22,170$9,540$73,666
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK		75%21,773$17,058$60,713
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC		80%24,453$15,142$63,486
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV		74%15,599$13,797$67,303

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by UC Riverside 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 Riverside on College Scorecard