University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
- Undergrads
- 30.2k
- Admit rate
- 29%
- Net price
- $14.3k
- Grad rate
- 87%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Social Sciences 15%
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093City: LargeUNITID 110680
Public 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivityHispanic-servingAANAPI-servingSpecialty: Biology 19%Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 18%Specialty: Engineering 12%
Undergraduates
34,948
Graduate students
9,301
Admit rate
27%
Average net price
$12.5k
Graduation rate
86%
Retention rate
94%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$84.9k
Median debt
$15.5k
Student : faculty
19:1
Value score*
91th pct.
Programs offered
192
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Public 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, highly residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
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- Admit rate
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- Net price
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- Grad rate
- 85%
- AANAPI-serving
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University of California-Davis
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- Undergrads
- 32.3k
- Admit rate
- 42%
- Net price
- $14.7k
- Grad rate
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University of California-Santa Barbara
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- Undergrads
- 23.1k
- Admit rate
- 33%
- Net price
- $16.1k
- Grad rate
- 83%
- Hispanic-serving
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
- Undergrads
- 22k
- Admit rate
- 31%
- Net price
- $16.7k
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- 86%
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- Undergrads
- 33.1k
- Admit rate
- 11%
- Net price
- $13.5k
- Grad rate
- 93%
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Computer Science 19%
- Specialty: Social Sciences 17%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.