The main focus area for this major is General Education. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Education is a major offered under the education program of study at University of California - Irvine. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in education, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UC Irvine is in the top 10% of the country for education. More specifically it was ranked #40 out of 501 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #11 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UC Irvine.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $2,311 | $2,311 |
Books and Supplies | $1,361 | $1,361 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,677 | $16,677 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,250 | $4,250 |
Learn more about UC Irvine tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Irvine in Education walked away with an average of $16,782 in student debt. That is 33% lower than the national average of $25,102.
The median early career salary of education students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Irvine is $28,213 per year. That is 11% lower than the national average of $31,873.
UC Irvine does not offer an online option for its education bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Irvine Online Learning page.
About 80.1% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in education in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 82.6%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in education at UC Irvine in 2019-2020, 76.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 111 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 153 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 36 |
International Students | 43 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 18 |
General Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Education | 367 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general education.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Subject Specific | 21 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.