Computer Science at University of California - Irvine

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at University of California - Irvine stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. Of the 9,882 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Irvine in 2021, 822 of them were computer science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UC Irvine Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

UC Irvine Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at UC Irvine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

In 2021, 164 students received their master’s degree in compsci from UC Irvine. This makes it the #24 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UC Irvine CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $70,796. This is 12% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at UC Irvine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at University of California - Irvine.

UC Irvine Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 822 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from UC Irvine. About 22% of these graduates were women and the other 78% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	411
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	98
International Students	175
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

UC Irvine Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 164 students who earned a master's degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine in 2020-2021, 76% were men and 24% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a master's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	107
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.