UC Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, California · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as UCI
UC Irvine School of Medicine admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 516Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.83Average
- Applications received
- 7,4402025-2026
- Entering class
- 1142025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 65.32025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 71.9%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 88.6%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
UC Irvine School of Medicine MCAT and GPA
UC Irvine School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 516 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.83 for its entering class.
- MCAT516 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 76th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.83 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 60th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$55,254 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 17th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size114 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 30th percentile of those programs.
A percentile here is against the programs that report the figure, not against every medical school and not against applicants. It says where the school sits among its reporting peers and nothing else.
UC Irvine School of Medicine acceptance rate
PreMD does not publish an acceptance rate for individual schools. The free national sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so an acceptance rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number.
What can be published from those figures is the ratio: UC Irvine School of Medicine received 7,440 applications for 114 seats in the entering class, or about 65.3 applications per seat.
Who UC Irvine School of Medicine accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | All applicants |
| Canadian Applicants | No policy stated |
| International Applicants | No policy stated |
| DACA Status Applicants | Must submit DACA documentation |
- DACA applicants
- Must submit DACA documentation
Community college coursework: All college-level coursework will be considered, and applicants are allowed to take courses at a community college to fulfill prerequisite requirements. However, it's important to note that the fulfillment of the upper- division Biology course must be completed at a four-year institution and will not be accepted if taken at a community college.
UC Irvine School of Medicine tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $43,009
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $55,254
- In-state cost of attendance
- $78,212
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $90,457
- In-state health insurance
- $7,769
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $7,769
- Students receiving aid
- 95%
- Average graduating debt
- $179,945
A blank figure here means the school did not report it to the source PreMD tracks, never that it costs nothing. Check the school's own financial aid page before budgeting against it.
UC Irvine School of Medicine application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $120
- Secondary deadline
- Secondary application must be submitted within 30 days of the invitation and no later than December 1.
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 01, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- June 2023
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- Exploring PREview for Future use – will not be used in this cycle’s admissions decisions
Who receives a secondary: Primary applications are first screened and then a subset of applicants are invited to submit a secondary application.
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Biology | Required | Not stated | 3 semesters or 5 quarters, must include one upper division course - we do not accept psychobiology, behavioral-based courses, evolution, ecology, plant biology, animal biology, or AP credit; upper division courses can only be taken at an accredited 4-year institution |
| Biostatistics | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Chemistry | Required | Not stated | 4 semesters or 6 quarters, including general/inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, AND biochemistry; AP score of greater than 3 is accepted |
| Composition & Rhetoric | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Immunology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Literature | Required | Not stated | 1 semester or quarter in any humanities (literature, history, philosophy, language, art; AP score 3 or greater is accepted) |
| Microbiology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Neuroscience | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Physics | Required | Not stated | 2 semesters or 3 quarters; AP score 3 or greater is accepted |
| Psychology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
UC Irvine School of Medicine interview
Individual interviews with a faculty member and a medical student, held virtually. Applicants will also be invited to complete a standardized interview through KIRA talent.
PreMD reads that as a one-on-one interview, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
August 1
Specific information about the interview day is provided to all applicants selected to be interviewed.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- All interviews are conducted virtually via zoom.
UC Irvine School of Medicine waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- Approximately 100
- Acceptance offers made
- 30
The Waitlist Committee reviews all applicants on the waitlist and takes into consideration the Admissions Committee recommendations, class balance, and programmatic needs.
UC Irvine School of Medicine mission
Mission Statement: Discover - Teach - Heal Vision Statement: Powered by discovery and inclusive excellence, UCI School of Medicine will advance individual and population health.
UC Irvine School of Medicine rankings
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What this page publishes instead is the comparison above: where the school's own reported figures sit among the MD programs that report the same figure, with the count of reporting programs stated so the comparison can be judged.
UC Irvine School of Medicine admissions contact
Office of Admissions and OutreachIrvine, CA 92697 USA(800) 824-5388 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- the school's own published admissions page
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
- AAMC MSAR public school report
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-07-11.
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