by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of California - Riverside was awarded 43 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is dance.
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College Factual ranked UCR as #219 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UCR also holds the #28 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
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If you're applying to University of California - Riverside you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 69%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
The student to faculty ratio at University of California - Riverside is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of California - Riverside is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of California - Riverside enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UCR the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 62%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of California - Riverside.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 22,693 undergraduates at UCR with 22,056 being full-time and 637 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,169 | $10,190 | $13,271 | $19,019 | $29,379 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UCR, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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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See which majors at University of California - Riverside make the most money.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 962 | $43,213 |
| General Biology | 653 | $26,863 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 602 | $25,654 |
| Sociology | 355 | $29,367 |
| Economics | 341 | $37,149 |
| Political Science & Government | 308 | $30,060 |
| Computer Science | 304 | $81,034 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 206 | $24,840 |
| Education Philosophy | 192 | $23,447 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 168 | $30,077 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,813 students took at least one online class at University of California - Riverside. This is a decrease from the 22,487 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,813 | 145 |
| 2021-2022 | 22,487 | 5,136 |
| 2020-2021 | 25,825 | 23,497 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,435 | 161 |
Learn more about online learning at University of California - Riverside.
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Footnotes
*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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