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University of California - Riverside Overview

University of California - Riverside is a public institution situated in Riverside, California. The location of UCR is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is University of California - Riverside Known For?

5,952 Undergraduate Awards
$40,447 Avg Cost After Aid
69% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UCR is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period90% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UCR bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $67,699 a year. That's about 66% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is University of California - Riverside?

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Contact details for UCR are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 951-827-1012
Website: www.ucr.edu

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How Do I Get Into UCR?

You can apply to UCR online at: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for UCR

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCR?

69% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 69%, UCR does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Can I Afford University of California - Riverside?

$40,447 Net Price
33% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UCR is $40,447. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UCR, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,140 a year. That adds up to $20,560 over four years for those students.

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University of California - Riverside Undergraduate Student Diversity

22,056 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 22,693 undergraduate students at UCR, with 22,056 being full-time and 637 being part-time.

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There are also 3,741 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,056 full-time undergraduates at UCR, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - Riverside students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7,664
Black or African American 776
Hispanic or Latino 9,144
White 2,453
International Students 787
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,232

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - Riverside. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 79 countries are represented at UCR. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Taiwan.

University of California - Riverside Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 836 188 2 1,026
General Biology 705 3 5 713
Child Development & Psychology 597 12 19 628
Computer Science 310 159 16 485
Sociology 325 3 4 332
Economics 299 4 5 308
Political Science & Government 265 5 7 277
Education Philosophy 203 0 0 203
Mathematics 172 16 8 196
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 190 0 0 190
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 163 11 8 182
General Education 0 149 14 163
Mechanical Engineering 120 17 11 148
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 136 0 6 142
General English Literature 111 1 11 123
Public Policy 87 34 0 121
Writing Studies 66 49 0 115
Electrical Engineering 58 25 27 110
History 103 4 2 109
Biomedical Engineering 84 11 5 100
Chemistry 62 14 24 100
Anthropology 90 2 1 93
Computer Engineering 45 42 0 87
Liberal Arts General Studies 80 0 0 80
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 76 1 2 79
Chemical Engineering 50 6 19 75
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 70 0 70
Information Science 64 0 0 64
International Relations & National Security 64 0 0 64
Medicine 0 0 63 63
Romance Languages 57 1 2 60
Physics 33 7 16 56
General Engineering 0 55 0 55
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 47 1 5 53
Ethnic Studies 44 2 5 51
Philosophy 44 2 5 51
Natural Resources Conservation 39 4 7 50
Fine & Studio Arts 44 4 1 49
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 35 1 7 43
Statistics 25 7 9 41
Finance & Financial Management 0 38 0 38
Environmental Engineering 27 4 0 31
Music 21 0 8 29
Sustainability Science 28 0 0 28
Other Social Sciences 26 0 0 26
Botany/Plant Biology 10 3 12 25
International Studies 22 0 0 22
Materials Engineering 19 0 0 19
Geological & Earth Sciences 11 2 5 18
Zoology 8 3 6 17
Dance 10 4 2 16
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 13 13
East Asian Languages 13 0 0 13
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 2 10 12
Area Studies 12 0 0 12
Public Administration 12 0 0 12
Materials Sciences 0 3 7 10
Religious Studies 2 6 1 9
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 1 7 8
Robotics Engineering 0 3 0 3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2 0 0 2
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 1 0 1
Soil Sciences 0 0 0 0
Accounting 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0
Other Psychology 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5,952 980 387 7,319

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.

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