Informatics at University of California - Irvine

If you are interested in studying informatics, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Irvine. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 students received a bachelor's degree in informatics from UC Irvine.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

UC Irvine Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics
• Master’s Degree in Informatics
• Doctorate Degree in Informatics

UC Irvine Informatics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the informatics progam at UC Irvine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The informatics major at UC Irvine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Informatics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Informatics Schools	7
	7
Most Focused Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Value Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Informatics Schools	13
Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	13
	16
Best Value Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Informatics Schools	18
	19
Most Popular Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	28
	33
Best Value Informatics Schools	36

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in informatics from UC Irvine. This makes it the #26 most popular school for informatics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in informatics, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Informatics Student Demographics at UC Irvine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the informatics majors at University of California - Irvine.

UC Irvine Informatics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in informatics from UC Irvine. About 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical informatics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its informatics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	14
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UC Irvine Informatics Master’s Program

The informatics program at UC Irvine awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

Of the students who received a informatics master's degree from UC Irvine, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a master's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in informatics. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

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