AT A GLANCE
 

 

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soc sci by the numbers (2022-23)
 

 

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The UCI School of Social Sciences faculty and staff are committed to providing the highest quality research and educational experience. Among the school’s 182 distinguished faculty and 79 lecturers are 17 academy members - 11 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 5 members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 1 member of the National Academy of Education - 8 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 23 UCI Distinguished Professors, 6 UCI Chancellor’s Professors, and 5 UCI Endowed Chairs. Since the school’s founding, there have been 2 National Medal recipients among the faculty.

Diversity is paramount to the School of Social Sciences’ success.

Social sciences is proud to highlight its efforts to recruit and retain female and underrepresented minority faculty. Among our new incoming faculty for fall 2023, 50% identify as female and 64% as underrepresented minority professors.

Assisting in the organizational efforts that keep the school on its successful trajectory are 73 staff members whose years of service range from a few months to more than 33 years, averaging into 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 incoming undergraduate class (2023)
 

 

For the third year in a row, UCI set a record as more than 143,000 students applied for 2023 admission. A total of 121,074 aspiring first-year students applied for fall, an increase of more than 2,000 from last year.
 
Another 22,087 applications came from transfer students, the second-highest number among the nine UC undergraduate campuses. For the fifth consecutive year, UCI was the top UC choice for first-generation, in-state students, with 45% of its California-resident applications coming from those who will be the first in their families to attend college. And, for the third year in a row, the Irvine campus was #2 in the UC system for in-state applications from underrepresented minorities (37,192) and #1 for low-income families, with 48% of applicants identifying as low-income.

 

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