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University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California·Public, 4-year or above·Far West·ucr.edu
Acceptance
76.4%
-0.1pp vs R1 Research
6-yr Graduation
76%
+1.0pp vs R1 Research
Total enrollment
26,384
peer median 32,171
Avg net price
$14,304
-$4.5k vs R1 Research
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About

The University of California, Riverside is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. In 1907, the predecessor to UCR was founded as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, which conducted research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
58,048
58,048 candidates competed
Admitted
44,343
76.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
5,422
12.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
76%+1.0pp vs R1 Research
4-year graduation
65%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
76%
Full-time retention
88%

Pell equity

1.6pp gap
Pell recipients
75%1741 of 2310
Non-Pell (all)
77%1700 of 2220
Subsidized loan, no Pell
76%470 of 618
No Federal Aid
77%1230 of 1602

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 156 Title IV programs, 55 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 100 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
156
Passing
55
35.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
0.6% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.6%
vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

156programs
  • Passing55 · 35.3%
  • No Data100 · 64.1%
  • Failing1 · 0.6%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
1
Watch
3
Safe
51
No data
100

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

56
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
-1.4%
$35,583 vs $36,082
Area Studies
Bachelor Degree · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies
+8.2%
$39,039 vs $36,082
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+13.0%
$40,774 vs $36,082
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+18.3%
$42,692 vs $36,082
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+22.0%
$60,371 vs $49,483
Dance
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+26.9%
$45,804 vs $36,082
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+27.0%
$45,821 vs $36,082
Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+28.3%
$46,306 vs $36,082

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
-1.4%
−$499

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

46
Medicine
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
92%
$118,422 debt · $128,469 earn
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
72%
$43,432 debt · $60,371 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
67%
$61,000 debt · $90,857 earn
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
60%
$21,500 debt · $35,583 earn
Area Studies
Bachelor Degree · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies
59%
$23,000 debt · $39,039 earn
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
46%
$21,000 debt · $45,821 earn
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
45%
$19,000 debt · $42,692 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
43%
$17,500 debt · $40,774 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

WASC Senior College and University Commission

Accredited since 1956Next review Feb 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 5

  1. Jun 2024Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning Removed
    Liaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
  2. Nov 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
  3. Jun 2022Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality
    Liaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
  4. Oct 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · School Psychology (SCPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
  5. Feb 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    WASC Senior College and University Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$8,852
$30–48k$9,840
$48–75k$13,111
$75–110k$16,571
$110k+$30,393

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$14,304
-$4,513vs R1 Research median $18,818
Federal loans
31.0%
In-state tuition
$15,606
Out-of-state
$49,806

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 11,754 students received $77.7M in Pell grants, alongside $97.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
11,754
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$77.7M
$77,737,752 total
Direct Loans
$97.1M
10,934 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

12k
’20
12k
’21
11k
’22
11k
’23
12k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$22.8M
4,657 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$16.8M
4,131 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$17.1M
628 loan awards
Parent PLUS$28.8M
1,092 loan awards
Grad PLUS$11.7M
426 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 4,202 borrowers who entered repayment, 34 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
4,202
Defaulted
34
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.8%
2017
2.1%
2018
2.3%
2019
0.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at UCR

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs106
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

6,265 total completions
01Biological Sciences
1,16418.6%
02Business
1,15918.5%
03Social Sciences
1,01416.2%
04Engineering
67110.7%
05Computer Sciences
5889.4%
06Psychology
5779.2%
07Education
3916.2%
08Visual/Performing Arts
3135.0%
09English Language
2023.2%
10Physical Sciences
1863.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
26,384
12-mo unduplicated
28,232
Undergraduate
24,257
Graduate
3,975

Gender split

Men
49%13,732
Women
51%14,500

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
39.9%
Asian
35.9%
White
10.3%
Two or more
4.9%
Non-resident
3.7%
Black
3.5%
Unknown
1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
308
154 M · 154 W
Women athletes
50.0%
Athletic aid
$4.4M
Total student aid
Budget
$19.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.8M
$2.6M
Recruiting expense
$74K
$62K
Head-coach salaries
$140K
$94K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
78 M · 112 W
$1.4M
Soccer
30 M · 28 W
$1.9M
Baseball
38 M · —
$1.5M
Basketball
15 M · 16 W
$5.2M
Softball
— · 24 W
$886K
Volleyball
— · 19 W
$1.1M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
18.09
478 offenses · 26,426 students

3-year trend

6.522 yrs ago9.061 yr ago18.09Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
896
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
82
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
9
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
389
Burglary
69
Aggravated assault
6
Rape
5
Fondling
4
Arson
3
Robbery
2

By location

478total
  • On campus473
  • Non-campus3
  • Public property2

Includes 29 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

5
Domestic violence
19
Dating violence
11
Stalking
35 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • National origin3
  • Race2
  • Ethnicity1
  • Sexual orientation1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons54
Drugs4933
Liquor724

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 9 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
22.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
1,071

UCR vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions UCR selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectUniversity of California-Riverside
76%76.4%26,384$14,304R1 Research
Auburn University
82%45.9%34,145$24,323R1 Research
Clemson University
87%38.3%29,077$22,253R1 Research
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
67%88.5%34,096$21,279R1 Research
George Mason University
68%87.5%39,766$17,915R1 Research
Georgia State University
53%55.4%34,944$15,931R1 Research
Iowa State University
75%88.7%30,380$18,589R1 Research
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
66%73.3%41,705$19,151R1 Research
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
85%41.7%38,464$17,303R1 Research
Oregon State University
70%77.3%37,163$19,604R1 Research
Stony Brook University
76%49.0%26,689$18,784R1 Research
Temple University
75%80.4%29,640$28,198R1 Research
The University of Alabama
73%76.6%40,846$22,420R1 Research
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
74%41.6%38,728$18,976R1 Research
The University of Texas at Dallas
76%65.1%29,886$18,267R1 Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
53%86.8%35,770$10,836R1 Research
University at Buffalo
75%74.2%31,903$20,995R1 Research
University of Arkansas
71%74.3%33,610$18,209R1 Research
University of California-Santa Barbara
83%33.0%26,133$16,109R1 Research
University of Colorado Boulder
74%78.1%38,799$25,346R1 Research
University of Connecticut
83%52.4%28,306$25,097R1 Research
University of Delaware
83%70.6%24,412$17,799R1 Research
University of Illinois Chicago
62%77.4%33,906$10,974R1 Research
University of Iowa
75%83.6%30,779$22,531R1 Research
University of Kentucky
71%92.9%34,709$18,851R1 Research
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
83%59.7%31,726$22,383R1 Research
University of Missouri-Columbia
75%78.5%31,543$20,268R1 Research
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
51%96.2%32,911$10,359R1 Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
91%15.3%32,438$11,655R1 Research
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
75%76.6%30,851$15,300R1 Research
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
85%58.1%35,724$30,434R1 Research
University of Utah
65%86.0%36,894$16,200R1 Research
University of Virginia-Main Campus
96%16.8%26,409$21,565R1 Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
63%92.6%28,464$23,433R1 Research
Washington State University
60%86.6%25,685$14,971R1 Research
West Virginia University
64%89.0%23,643$15,634R1 Research
Peer group median75%76.5%32,171$18,818

Institutions like UCR

Explore the federal data for institutions in UCR's comparison group.

IPEDS

UCR Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to University of California, Riverside
Email
ir [at] ucr.edu
Phone
951-827-3296
Address
3108 Hinderaker Hall, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521

Institutional Research supports UC Riverside with modeling, analysis, and reports to inform campus decision-making. We are the source of many official UCR statistics related to students, faculty, and staff.

Visit IR office page

Common Data Set

UCR's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Grants & funding (3)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

USA Spending

Notable alumni of UCR (12)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Richard R. Schrock
    Chemistry
  • Anthea M. Hartig
    Museums
  • Frank Bidart
    Literature
  • Steve Breen
    Arts
  • Jamie Chung
    Film
  • Billy Collins
    Literature
  • Mark Andrus
    Film
  • Joe Kelly
    Athletics
  • Matt Andriese
    Athletics
  • Patricia Lock Dawson
    Politics
  • Sherilyn Peace Garnett
    Law
  • Anthony Rendon
    Politics

Frequently asked questions about University of California-Riverside

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UCR.

What is the acceptance rate at University of California-Riverside?

University of California-Riverside's acceptance rate is 76.4% (44,343 admitted from 58,048 applicants), based on the latest IPEDS.

What is the graduation rate at University of California-Riverside?

University of California-Riverside reports a 6-year graduation rate of 76% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of California-Riverside?

University of California-Riverside reports a total enrollment of 26,384 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of California-Riverside?

The average net price at University of California-Riverside is $14,304 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of California-Riverside?

University of California-Riverside's yield rate is 12.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of California-Riverside located?

University of California-Riverside is located in Riverside, California 92521.

Who runs Institutional Research at University of California-Riverside?

University of California-Riverside's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to University of California, Riverside.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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