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UC Irvine Common Data Set 2025-26
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Acceptance rate
28.9%
35,964 of 124,231
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into UC Irvine: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 404Waitlisted 184Rejected 164Preview
Self-reported by 752 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't UC Irvine's official data. 22 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 752 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 124,231 |
| AdmittedC1 | 35,964 |
| EnrolledC1 | 6,421 |
| YieldC1 | 17.9% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 12,967 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 5,738 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 5,737 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 100% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | — |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | — |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | — |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | — |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | — |
Cost and financial aid
| TuitionG1 | — |
| Required feesG1 | — |
| Food and housingG1 | — |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 27.7% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 85.9% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $30,774 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $26,853 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesVery important
- Talent/abilityVery important
- Character/personal qualitiesImportant
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workVery important
- Work experienceVery important
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 30,260 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 93.4% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 87% |
Notes on this filing
- B1/B2: totals printed; gender-column sums match printed totals.
- C1: applied, admitted and enrolled taken from printed totals (124231, 35964, 6421), which match the gender sums.
- C2: waitlist block read by position: offered 12967, accepted a place 5738, admitted 5737.
- C3-C4 and C5 were not mapped to the schema.
- C7: factors mapped from the checked column for each item.
- C8A: SAT/ACT not used in admissions (No checked); C8F says scores are not used for admission or scholarships, consistent with C8A.
- C9-C12: score percentiles, GPA bands and average GPA are blank; the 0 values in the GPA and SAT total cells are unfilled placeholders, so the GPA fields are null.
- B22: the printed box shows 93; the underlying value is 93.4 (6265 of 6707), which is used here.
- GRS 2019 cohort: 6-year graduation rate of 87.00 is printed. The 4-year completion count is 4521 but no 4-year rate is printed, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- G1: tuition and fee figures are blank; the form notes 2026-27 costs are not yet available, with a final date of 07/01/2026.
- H2 pct_with_need_awarded_aid calculated as line d (2856) / line c (2902) for first-time full-time first-year; this is an interpretation of the field.
- H2 pct_need_fully_met calculated as line h (790) / line d (2856) = 27.7%, per the instruction.
- H2 avg_need_based_package uses line J (average financial aid package, 30774) and avg_need_based_grant uses line K (26853).
Source: UC Irvine Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.