American dream

UCI program serves as a support network for students without one

Campus also received most first-generation, underrepresented student applications

American Talent Initiative Impact Report details progress of the national goal of enrolling 50,000 additional low- and moderate-income students by 2025

UCI student Abigail Llanos-Hernandez shares her story as a low-income, first-generation, nontraditional college student

Participants will be provided academic support from middle school through freshman year

UCI program helps low-income, high-potential undergraduates achieve their dreams

Viridiana Chabolla was only a few days into her first year at the UCI School of Law when that helpless feeling she had first experienced as a child welled up once again. Walking to class on the morning of Sept. 5, 2017, she watched a livestreamed video on her cellphone of U.S. Attorney General Jeff […]

From helping homeless youths to leading California’s community college system, UCI alumni are living out the American dream in myriad ways. Tenacious, intelligent and driven, they have overcome adversity to achieve their visions and make a difference in their communities and in the world. Below, we explore just a small sampling of the fascinating success stories created by UCI graduates.

UCI is unsurpassed at helping low-income, first-generation and other nontraditional students thrive in college and beyond

Campus also jumps nine spots to record 33rd overall in annual evaluation