UC Irvine Transfer Acceptance Rate by Major (Fall 2025)
For fall 2025, 39% of transfer applicants to UC Irvine were admitted (9,776 of 24,842), added up across every major. By major it ranges from 2% in Nursing Science to 80% in International Studies.
Below: every UCI major with transfer preparation listed, 60 of them with their own admit rate. Open one to see its required classes and which classes count at your community college.
Hardest to get into
- Nursing Science2%
- Business Information Management6%
- Game Design & Interactive Media15%
- Pharmaceutical Sciences15%
- Business Administration15%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
Most open
- International Studies80%
- Social Policy and Public Service79%
- Art History77%
- History77%
- Language Science76%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
All UCI majors
- Aerospace Engineering · B.S.33%
- African American Studies · B.A.n/a
- Anthropology · B.A.73%
- Applied and Computational Mathematics · B.S.72%
- Applied Physics · B.S.52%
- Art · B.A.22%
- Art History · B.A.77%
- Asian American Studies · B.A.n/a
- Biological Sciences · B.S.37%
- Biology/Education · B.S.n/a
- Biomedical Engineering · B.S.36%
- Business Administration · B.A.15%
- Business Economics · B.A.45%
- Business Information Management · B.S.6%
- Chemical Engineering · B.S.57%
- Chemistry · B.S.54%
- Chicano/Latino Studies · B.A.n/a
- Chinese Studies · B.A.60%
- Civil Engineering · B.S.37%
- Classics · B.A.67%
- Cognitive Sciences · B.S.22%
- Comparative Literature · B.A.72%
- Computer Engineering · B.S.41%
- Computer Science · B.S.24%
- Computer Science and Engineering · B.S.19%
- Criminology, Law and Society · B.A.51%
- Dance · B.A. and B.F.A.15%
- Data Science · B.S.23%
- Drama · B.A.30%
- East Asian Cultures · B.A.n/a
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · B.S.n/a
- Economics · B.A.33%
- Education Sciences · B.A.69%
- Electrical Engineering · B.S.37%
- English · B.A.74%
- Environmental and Earth System Science · B.S.n/a
- Environmental Engineering · B.S.n/a
- Environmental Science and Policy · B.A.56%
- European Studies · B.A.n/a
- Film and Media Studies · B.A.66%
- French · B.A.n/a
- Game Design & Interactive Media · B.S.15%
- Gender and Sexuality Studies · B.A.67%
- German Studies · B.A.n/a
- Global Cultures · B.A.64%
- History · B.A.77%
- History, with a Specialization in History for Future Teachers · B.A.77%
- Informatics · B.S.33%
- International Studies · B.A.80%
- Japanese Language and Literature · B.A.77%
- Korean Literature and Culture · B.A.n/a
- Language Science · B.A.76%
- Literary Journalism · B.A.65%
- Materials Science and Engineering · B.S.37%
- Mathematics · B.S.69%
- Mechanical Engineering · B.S.32%
- Music · B.A. and B.Mus.n/a
- Music Theatre · B.F.A.n/a
- Nursing Science · B.S.2%
- Pharmaceutical Sciences · B.S.15%
- Philosophy · B.A.71%
- Philosophy, with a Specialization in Law and Society · B.A.71%
- Philosophy, with a Specialization in Medicine and Well-Being · B.A.71%
- Physics · B.S.53%
- Political Science · B.A.63%
- Pre-Medical · B.S.n/a
- Psychology · B.A.n/a
- Psychology · B.S.n/a
- Public Health Policy · B.A.72%
- Public Health Sciences · B.S.41%
- Quantitative Economics · B.A.38%
- Religious Studies · B.A.n/a
- Social Ecology · B.A.55%
- Social Policy and Public Service · B.A.79%
- Sociology · B.A.65%
- Software Engineering · B.S.22%
- Spanish · B.A.57%
- Urban Studies · B.A.71%
Admit rates: UC Information Center, Fall 2025 transfers by major. “n/a” means UC publishes no separate figure for that major, or fewer than 10 students applied.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the UC Irvine transfer acceptance rate?
Added up across every major in UC's Fall 2025 transfer admissions table, 9,776 of 24,842 transfer applicants to UC Irvine were admitted, about 39%. The rate for your major can be far from that; the list on this page has each one.
Which UC Irvine majors are hardest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the lowest admit rates were Nursing Science (2%), Business Information Management (6%), Game Design & Interactive Media (15%), Pharmaceutical Sciences (15%), Business Administration (15%).
Which UC Irvine majors are easiest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the highest admit rates were International Studies (80%), Social Policy and Public Service (79%), Art History (77%), History (77%), Language Science (76%).
Which UC Irvine majors can I prepare for at a California community college?
UC Irvine lists major preparation for 78 majors that California community colleges have transfer agreements for. Each one on this page shows the classes UCI expects and lets you pick your college to see its matching classes.