UC Irvine vs UCLA: admit rates, GPA and how Taiwanese applicants choose
OfferLand users have reported 149 application results for UC Irvine and 120 for UCLA; 35 applicants applied to both. The table puts admit rates, admitted applicants’ scores, top fields and programs side by side.
Self-reported sample from OfferLand users, not official school data; figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown. Data as of 2026-10-22.
Side by side
Admit rate = (admitted + enrolled) ÷ (admitted + enrolled + rejected); waitlisted and pending results are left out. Median GPA and TOEFL count each admitted applicant once. Figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown.
| Metric | UC Irvine | UCLA |
|---|---|---|
| Country | United States | United States |
| QS ranking (2027) | #252 | #49 |
| US News ranking (2027) | #34 | #20 |
| Application results | 149 | 120 |
| Applicants | 137 | 120 |
| Admit rate | 69.8% | 50.0% |
| Median GPA (admitted) | 3.67 | 3.71 |
| Median TOEFL (admitted) | 99 | 103 |
| Most-reported fields | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (77),Business Analytics (19),General Engineering (13),Materials Science (12) | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (52),General Engineering (23),Materials Science (13),Business Analytics (10) |
Most-reported programs
Programs with at least 5 results, by number of results.
UC Irvine
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (Master's) | 42 | 42.9% |
| Business Analytics (Master's) | 19 | 78.9% |
| Software Engineering (Master's) | 17 | 64.7% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master's) | 14 | 100.0% |
| Finance (Master's) | 12 | 100.0% |
UCLA
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (Master's) | 27 | 11.5% |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering (Master's) | 20 | 25.0% |
| Materials Science & Engineering (Master's) | 13 | 92.3% |
| Management – Business Analytics MS (Master's) | 10 | 66.7% |
| Mechanical Engineering (Master's) | 9 | 77.8% |
Applicants to both schools
35 applicants reported results at both schools: 24 were admitted to UC Irvine, 11 to UCLA, and 8 to both.
Too few people admitted to both have reported a final choice (2) to show a preference.
AI summary (from OfferLand data and posts on the site, 2026-10-21)
On OfferLand, UCI's admit rate is 69.8% (149 results) and UCLA's is 50% (120 results), with median admitted GPAs of 3.67 vs 3.71 and TOEFL medians of 99 vs 103. The gap is widest for the CS master's: UCLA admitted only 11.5% of 27 results, UCI 42.9% of 42; for the ECE master's, UCLA admitted 25% (20 results) and all 14 UCI results were admits. Of the 35 people who applied to both, 24 got into UCI, 11 into UCLA and 8 into both; the 2 who reported a final decision split one each, too few to show a preference.
- UCLA's materials science master's admitted 92.3% of 13 results, far above the school's CS and ECE master's.Source: data on this page
- OfferLand's article on school lists notes that UCI is ranked 252 by QS but 34 by US News 2027, and more than 70% of site applicants got a UCI admit, so it is a safer pick than its QS rank suggests.Source: 選校組合怎麼排？台灣學生最常一起申請的學校
- An applicant to UCLA's Business Analytics master's said the formal questions took about 20 minutes and the rest felt like casual chat; this applicant was not admitted.Source: UCLA Management – Business Analytics MS 面試心得
Written by AI from the data on this page and the cited posts and interview reports. It may contain mistakes and is neither official school information nor application advice; check the original posts and the schools’ own announcements.
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