KEYWORD

social mobility

Students pose with Peter the Anteater at the 2022 First Gen Day event at UC Irvine.

Onward and upward

First-Generation Students Day celebrates these trailblazers and UC Irvine’s commitment to supporting them – every day

October 29, 2025
Students walk along the student center terrace during the first day of fall classes on the UCI campus.

UC Irvine is ranked 32nd - its highest ever - among nation's universities by U.S. News

Campus also rates among country’s top 10 public universities for 11th year in a row

September 23, 2025
Grads Kaneen Muldrow and Adilene Masopust give the “zot” cheer at the conclusion of the commencement ceremony for the schools of Education and Physical Sciences at UC Irvine.

42 percent of UC Irvine bachelor's degrees earned by first-generation students

Over 8,600 class of 2025 members will attend commencement ceremonies this month

June 03, 2025
Students walk over Humanities Bridge on the first day of winter quarter 2024.

UC Irvine is ranked among nation's top 10 public universities for 10th year in a row

Campus also rates highly for social mobility of its graduating students

September 24, 2024
People walking in front of the UC Irvine Student Center.

UC Irvine admits record number of California students

High quality academics and unmatched opportunity appeal to future Anteaters

July 31, 2024
The UCI School of Social Sciences 2023 commencement in the Bren Center.

49 percent of UC Irvine bachelor's degrees earned by first-generation students

Over 8,200 Class of 2024 members will attend commencement ceremonies this month

June 10, 2024
Greg J. Duncan, UCI Distinguished Professor of education points to a graph on a white board.

National Academies report identifies ways to reduce intergenerational poverty in US

UC Irvine Distinguished Professor chairs committee recommending programs, policies

September 25, 2023
Students walk along the student center terrace during the first day of fall classes on the UCI campus.

UCI is ranked among nation's top 10 public universities for ninth year in a row

Campus also rates highly for social mobility of its graduating students

September 18, 2023
Virginia Parks, professor of urban planning and public policy; Walter Nicholls, professor and chair of urban planning and public policy; and Sameer Ashar, clinical professor of law and director of UCI’s Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic, (from left) will lead the UCI Labor Center.

UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus

Goals are to provide research, expand education programs, advance workers’ rights

March 21, 2023
UCI students ready to play "red light green light".

UC Irvine receives most applications in campus history for third year in a row

School is top UC choice for in-state, first-generation students for fifth consecutive year

February 24, 2023