
UC Irvine's transfer acceptance rate for the application year 2024 stands at 43.5%, with 9,581 out of 21,998 applicants being accepted. This rate is slightly lower than the previous year's acceptance rate of 43.9%, where 9,556 of 21,736 applicants were admitted. Historically, the transfer acceptance rates have shown variability, peaking at 52.7% in 2017, followed by rates of 47.1% in 2016 and 41.5% in 2018. The trend indicates a competitive transfer process, but the acceptance rate remains relatively high compared to first-year admissions.