UC Irvine Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

The University of California, Irvine's Regular Decision acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 25.7%, with 31,184 out of 121,095 applicants admitted. This marks an increase from the 21.2% acceptance rate in 2022, suggesting a trend of rising acceptances. Over the past several years, acceptance rates have varied significantly, peaking at 40.6% in 2016 and dropping to 21.2% in 2022, reflecting an overall downward trend in competitiveness since then. Notably, the acceptance rates for 2021 and 2020 were 28.9% and 29.9%, respectively, indicating fluctuations in applicant strength and institutional capacity.