University of California (Irvine Campus)

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In 2021, career outcome rate was 91.7% and total knowledge rate was 32.9%. Estimated salary of graduates was INR 48.82 L. Some companies that hire graduates were Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, American Express, etc.

Scholarships are offered to international students at UCI Irvine. In case of the undergraduate admission, Distinguished Scholarships are scholarships that prospective students are considered automatically for through their UC Irvine application for admission. Check below Distinguished Scholarships offered by UCI:

• The Regent’s Scholarship
• The Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship
• The Director’s Scholarship

According to U.S. News & World Report, the most popular majors at the University of California Irvine are Psychology; Engineering; Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services; Health Professions and Related Programs; Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services; Education; Visual and Performing Arts, etc.

UCI ranked in the Top 10 on Fortune’s list of best Master’s in Data Science programs. Fortune ranked the Master of Data Science programme of UCI 7th on the list. UC Irvine is the only UC school, and one of only a few universities from the West Coast, to make it on the 2022 list, that ranked Data Science programs based on selectivity and demand.

The University of California Irvine Master of Data Science requirements are given below:

• The applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institute. In other words, the applicants must hold the equivalent of a 4-year US bachelor’s degree
• Three Letters of Recommendation
• Personal history statement, Statement of Purpose
• Official TOEFL score of 80 on iBT or IELTS with a minimum score of 7, with no score less than 6 on any individual module
• Application fee

The UC Irvine Master of Data Science programme differentiates itself with a robust foundation in Data Science, incorporating a balanced curriculum that emphasizes both on Computer Science and Statistics. The university’s well-balanced dual-framework curriculum in Computational and Statistical methods is going to prepare students with full-spectrum of methods and theories to understand and make predictions about the world. The duration of the UC Irvine Master of Data Science is 15 months.

The mean annual base salary mentioned on the official website for UC Irvine MBA students for career services is USD 106,000 (INR 93.37 lakh). There is a 117% average salary increase from pre-MBA to 3 years post-graduation. Some of the potential future employers for MBA students of UC Irvine are Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Bank of America, Deloitte, etc.

Conversion rate: 1 USD = INR 88.10

In order to apply to the UCI MBA course, meet the below-given entry requirements:

• The applicants must have an equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree
• An overall GPA of 3.0 is preferred
• Academic transcripts
• Official GMAT / GRE score
• TOEFL score of 80 for iBT / IELTS with overall 7 minimum score, with a score of no less than 6 on any individual module
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• Two essays are required
• Resume
• Application fee of USD 150

The University of California, Irvine requires GMAT / GRE scores from the MBA applicants. As such there is no minimum GMAT / GRE required to apply, but, the university expects the applicants to have an overall competitive profile. According to the UC Irvine MBA class profile, the average GMAT score required is 660, whereas, as per the class profile of 2024, the average GMAT score is 653.