by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
University of California - Irvine landed the #84 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking. This means that the school is among the Top 10% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, UC Irvine is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, UC Irvine took the #14 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UC Irvine came in at #109.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California, UC Irvine came in at #19.
The total graduate student population at UC Irvine is made up of 49.4% women and 50.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at UC Irvine, around 38.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. UC Irvine is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 27.4% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
| Fees | $1,914 | $1,914 |
Master's degree recipients from UC Irvine earn an average salary of $73,167 during the early years of their career. That's about 25% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from UC Irvine, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $55,621. That's about 26% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of University of California - Irvine.
Contact details for UC Irvine are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 501 Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA 92697 |
| Phone: | 949-824-5011 |
| Website: | www.uci.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UCIrvine |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ucirvine |
In 2020-2021, 74.7% of the graduate students at University of California - Irvine took at least one class online. For that same period, 37.5% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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