University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside is a public, state school in the suburb of Riverside, California. UC Riverside was founded in 1954. The college currently enrolls around 26,847 students a year, including 22,866 undergrad students.

UC Riverside Acceptance Rate

It is very difficult to get into UC Riverside. Around 66% of applicants get into UC Riverside each year. In 2022, 34,683 out of 52,675 total applicants were accepted.

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University of California, Riverside is locatedin the town of Riverside, California, in Los Angeles.

If you would like to see UC Riverside for yourself, be sure to plan a visit! The best way to reach campus is to take Interstate 215 to Riverside, or book a flight to the nearest airport, Ontario International.

You can also take a virtual campus tour to get a sense of what University of California, Riverside and Riverside are like without leaving home.