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University of California, Riverside

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Riverside, CA
Population 4,500,000
Website http://www.ucr.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 22,644
Men / Women 47% / 53%
Hispanic 42%
Asian 30%
White 12%
Black 4%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Native American 1%
From State 96%
From Region 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 34%
Business & Economics 21%
Life & Natural Sciences 18%
Computer Science 7%
Engineering 7%
Arts 5%
Physical Sciences & Math 5%
Education 3%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,606
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $49,806
Est. In-State Cost $20,188
Est. Out-of-State Cost $64,429
10-Year ROI $220,000
ROI Percentile 88th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 88%
4-Year Graduation Rate 65%
6-Year Graduation Rate 76%
Transfer-Out Rate 9%

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,338 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 324 (97% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 86%
Yield (Unbound) 12%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $149M #96
Humanities & Social Sciences $16M #96
Engineering, Computing & Math $55M #113
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 84 #68
Life & Natural Sciences 222 #120
Humanities & Social Sciences 86 #204

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 2,318 37% / 63% 5% $53,456 94%
Economics 306 +4 67% / 33% 20% $66,935 67 92%
Economics 4 +1 50% / 50% 0% $66,935 67 92%
African American Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,291 31 93%
Anthropology 65 +3 34% / 66% 0% $44,195 10 89%
Anthropology — — — — $52,111 28 —
Asian American Studies — — — — $51,523 26 —
Asian Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 50% $44,474 11 88%
Chicano Studies 9 — 22% / 78% 0% $53,291 31 93%
Chinese — +2 — — $49,203 20 —
Chinese Studies — — — — $50,957 25 —
Comparative Literature 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $40,306 6 87%
Creative Writing 57 +4 37% / 63% 0% $38,017 4 87%
English 99 +7 34% / 66% 1% $57,551 44 91%
Ethnic Studies 17 +5 6% / 94% 0% $53,291 31 93%
Foreign Languages 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $40,306 6 87%
French 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $54,555 35 92%
Global Studies 19 +2 21% / 79% 16% $48,595 19 82%
History 98 +4 47% / 53% 1% $52,531 29 91%
History and Administrative Studies 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $52,531 29 91%
Interdisciplinary Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,008 31 100%
International Relations and Affairs 56 +1 39% / 61% 2% $56,758 42 92%
Japanese 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $48,989 20 —
Latin American Studies 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $44,474 11 88%
Liberal Studies 83 +15 14% / 86% 0% $61,690 56 94%
Linguistics 40 +4 18% / 82% 0% $40,306 6 87%
Middle Eastern Studies — — — — $50,790 25 —
Native American Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,291 31 93%
Philosophy 24 +2 58% / 42% 0% $61,942 56 94%
Philosophy 4 +1 50% / 50% 0% $61,942 56 94%
Political Science 196 +8 44% / 56% 2% $59,096 49 94%
Political Science and Government 28 — 21% / 79% 0% $59,096 49 94%
Psychology 586 +13 26% / 74% 2% $48,948 20 100%
Religious Studies 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $52,127 28 —
Russian Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $44,474 11 88%
Social Sciences 20 — 35% / 65% 0% $61,806 56 91%
Sociology 247 +5 23% / 77% 5% $53,798 33 96%
Spanish 33 +16 15% / 85% 0% $54,555 35 92%
Sustainability Studies 25 — 32% / 68% 0% $57,294 43 100%
Art 30 — 27% / 73% 10% $41,498 7 91%
Art History 23 — 26% / 74% 0% $41,498 7 91%
Cinematography and Film/Video Production 113 +5 51% / 49% 4% $47,385 16 89%
Dance 11 — 18% / 82% 9% $44,888 11 100%
Film and Visual Culture 72 +6 47% / 53% 15% $47,385 16 89%
Music 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $29,592 2 89%
Music 20 +1 70% / 30% 5% $29,592 2 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences 1,235 42% / 58% 2% $63,882 92%
Chemistry 59 — 51% / 49% 2% $56,178 40 92%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $58,483 47 100%
Geophysics 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $58,483 47 100%
Mathematics 129 +1 64% / 36% 8% $63,375 60 93%
Physics 42 +1 74% / 26% 10% $72,922 77 96%
Statistics 22 — 73% / 27% 14% $76,922 82 98%
Biochemistry 111 +1 48% / 52% 2% $68,378 69 93%
Biology 582 +1 38% / 62% 1% $61,749 56 90%
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology 64 +1 34% / 66% 3% $73,399 77 95%
Entomology 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $52,166 28 —
Environmental Sciences 49 +1 29% / 71% 0% $61,938 56 100%
Microbiology 35 — 31% / 69% 0% $70,849 74 96%
Neuroscience 107 +1 22% / 78% 1% $65,261 63 88%
Plant Biology 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,140 28 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering 776 78% / 22% 5% $104,628 97%
Bioengineering 74 — 55% / 45% 0% $92,140 93 96%
Chemical Engineering 48 — 67% / 33% 0% $90,784 92 97%
Computer Engineering 41 +1 88% / 12% 2% $117,682 99 94%
Electrical Engineering 62 — 82% / 18% 3% $102,568 97 99%
Environmental Engineering 23 — 43% / 57% 0% $81,979 86 100%
Materials Science and Engineering 21 — 76% / 24% 5% $94,890 94 —
Mechanical Engineering 121 — 85% / 15% 1% $93,294 93 93%
Computer Science 301 — 84% / 16% 10% $115,351 99 100%
Information Science/Studies 52 — 67% / 33% 6% $110,331 98 90%
Information Technology 33 — 73% / 27% 12% $97,190 95 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 815 54% / 46% 6% $74,622 95%
Actuarial Science 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $85,428 89 —
Business Administration 812 — 55% / 45% 6% $74,583 79 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education 160 18% / 82% 3% $56,690 100%
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 160 +19 18% / 82% 3% $56,690 42 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Public Policy 95 37% / 63% 1% $61,996 94%
Public Administration 11 +1 36% / 64% 9% $62,808 58 —
Public Policy 84 +5 37% / 63% 0% $61,890 56 94%

Rankings

My Tribe

Tiger Mom Heaven Most Asian-Americans
Significant Presence

Engineering

Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Computer Science

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Kinetics & Dynamics Club
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Cell Division
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Field & Forest

Business & Economics

It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Comparative Advantage State Anchors

Humanities & Social Sciences

Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Required Reading
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Late Night Debaters
Decolonizing the Curriculum Regional & Ethnic Studies
Heritage Heroes
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective