AT A GLANCE
 

 

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soc sci by the numbers (2024-25)
 

 

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Within the UCI School of Social Sciences, passion and purpose drive all that we do. From our outstanding student, alumni, and community collective to our distinguished faculty and staff, we are the wave makers and mold breakers - the people who aren’t afraid to forge new pathways, pursue new programs, and break with tradition in search of solutions that create positive change. Critical to this effort are our 182 prestigious faculty and 79 lecturers tasked with teaching, leading, and serving the next generation of change makers.
 

Diversity is paramount to our success.

We’re proud of our efforts to recruit and retain female and underrepresented minority faculty who comprise two-thirds of our incoming new faculty. Assisting in the organizational efforts that keep us on our successful trajectory are 73 staff members whose years of service range from a few months to more than 33 years, averaging 12.1 years spent within the UC system.

 

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undergraduate and graduate degree programs

 

 

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school-sponsored student programs
 

 

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a closer look at uci soc sci's fall undergraduate enrollment (2024)
 

 

A record number of in-state first-year and transfer students have been offered admission to the University of California, Irvine for the Fall 2024 quarter.
 
More than 19,000 California high school graduates have the choice to become Anteaters in September, which is 1,500 more than last year’s record amount. In addition, nearly 9,000 students from the state’s community colleges can continue their education at UC Irvine, if they wish, an increase of more than 400 from last year.
 
In addition, UC Irvine is offering admission to 7,100 first-generation in-state first-year students and 7,250 in-state first-year students from identified under-represented groups.
 
For this year, UC Irvine was able to meet the campus goal of sustained growth for admissions offers to California’s first-year and transfer students. More than 45,000 first-year and transfer students were offered admission to UC Irvine for the 2024-25 academic year.

 

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public impact (2024)

True to our motto, social sciences’ outreach efforts chart a bold and boundaryless course. From programs that are exposing students from underrepresented backgrounds to university, graduate-level and STEM opportunities to educational partnerships serving veterans and individuals who are incarcerated, community collaborations spanning more than 50 zip codes across California and the country, and public-facing event series tackling topics from racism to the future of democracy, we are creating positive change.

Our faculty consistently share their expertise as active voices in media, providing expert perspective on topics including inflation, women’s rights, AI, voting, digital worlds, child welfare, money, sleep, and more. Annually, our people and programs appear in more than 500 news stories spanning hundreds of media outlets including the The New York Times, MSN, Los Angeles Times, US News & World Report, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Marketplace, NBC News, CalMatters, NPR, The Guardian, ABC News, CNN, USA Today, National Geographic, and more.
 

 

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