by our College Data Analytics Team
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Concordia University, Irvine was awarded 362 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & physical education.
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College Factual ranked Concordia University, Irvine as #324 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Concordia University, Irvine held the #374 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 168 colleges in California, Concordia University, Irvine is ranked at #54.
Concordia University, Irvine has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 12% of students accepted to Concordia University, Irvine submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio at Concordia University, Irvine is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Concordia University, Irvine is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Concordia University, Irvine enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Concordia University, Irvine for first-time, full-time students is 56%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,704 undergraduates at Concordia University, Irvine with 1,538 being full-time and 166 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,512 | $23,262 | $25,579 | $25,928 | $34,595 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Concordia University, Irvine, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Concordia University, Irvine, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,287 a year. That adds up to $29,148 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Concordia University, Irvine is 2.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Concordia University, Irvine are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA 92612-3203 |
| Phone: | 949-854-8002 |
| Website: | www.cui.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/concordiairvine |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/ConcordiaIrvine |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 135 | $85,686 |
| International Studies | 76 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 76 | $37,016 |
| Health & Physical Education | 33 | $28,898 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 31 | $19,797 |
| General Psychology | 30 | $23,587 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 26 | $33,624 |
| Behavioral Science | 23 | $20,129 |
| General Biology | 21 | $28,436 |
| History | 13 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,639 students took at least one online class at Concordia University, Irvine. This is a decrease from the 4,070 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,639 | 1,909 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,070 | 3,818 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,478 | 1,956 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,563 | 1,956 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,619 | 1,929 |
Learn more about online learning at Concordia University, Irvine.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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