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unitid 110671 · Riverside, CA · public 4-year · city (large)

University of California-Riverside

enrollment 2023
28,886
predominant degree
Bachelor's

scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years

The record

admission rate

76%

37th pctl among public 4-years

undergraduates

22,593

90th pctl among public 4-years

Pell share

47%

undergrads on Pell grants

83rd pctl among public 4-years

completion

76%

finish within 150% time

93rd pctl among public 4-years

sticker cost / yr

$38,942

98th pctl among public 4-years

avg net price / yr

$14,304

after aid, aided students

62nd pctl among public 4-years

median earnings, 10 yr

$67,699

after entry, Title IV students

88th pctl among public 4-years

median grad debt

$17,500

36th pctl among public 4-years

what families actually pay

Cost

Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.

Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort

Families earning under $30k paid $8,852 per year after aid.

Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).

Who enrolls, by family income

  • 0-30k
    36%
  • 30-48k
    22%
  • 48-75k
    19%
  • 75-110k
    not reported
  • 110k+
    not reported
Median family income
$35,809
First-generation students
48%
In-state tuition & fees
$15,606

earnings · debt · programs

Outcomes

Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid

Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.9× the median graduate debt.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.

What programs pay — top fields of study

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
Business Administration, Management and Operations.836$74,583$16,508
Biology, General.705$61,749$19,000
Research and Experimental Psychology.597$18,500
Sociology.325$53,798$16,500
Computer Science.310$19,083
Economics.299$66,935$18,500
Political Science and Government.265$59,096$18,300
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education.203$15,000
Film/Video and Photographic Arts.190$47,385$20,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations.188$92,291
Mathematics.172$63,375$18,500
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.163$68,378$17,250

— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.

annual scorecard files, 1996–2026

Trajectory

Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.

Admission rate

Price per year

  • sticker
  • net

Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

Undergraduates

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Provenance

  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.