American dream

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

Having been where they are now, history professor David Igler has a lasting influence on first-generation students

Washington Monthly has named the University of California, Irvine #20 in the nation out of more than 300 colleges and universities for promoting upward social mobility, producing cutting-edge research and encouraging students to give back to the community. Each component is equally weighted, so the top-ranked universities must excel across the breadth of measures, not […]

2018 admissions data reflect campus’s academic strength, diversity