Did you know that when the university opened in 1965 tuition for residents was free and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science didn't exist? Here is a brief glimpse of how things have changed over the past 51 years at UCI.
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Total | 1,589 | 33,467 |
| Freshman | 958 | 6,450 |
| Sophomores | 215 | 5,198 |
| Juniors | 254 | 7,182 |
| Seniors | 2 | 8,487 |
| Limited Status | 20 |
14 |
| Graduate Students | 0 | 6,136 |
UC Irvine Office of Institutional Research: http://www.oir.uci.edu/files/enr/IIB26A-new-enr-by-admissions-status.pdf?R=258602
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Faculty | 119 | 2,983 |
https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_16-17_Facts_and_Figures.pdf
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Buildings | 8 | 180+ |
https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_16_map_campus.pdf
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Resident students | Free | $15,397.63 |
| Non-resident students | $980 |
$43,411.63 |
| Year | 1965 | 2017 |
| Room and Board | $1,850 | $14,861 |
https://www.ofas.uci.edu/content/costs.aspx?nav=1
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Schools | Division of Biological Sciences | Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences |
| Division of Fine Arts |
Claire Trevor School of the Arts |
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| Division of the Humanities | School of Humanities | |
| Division of Physical Sciences | School of Physical Sciences | |
| Division of Social Science | School of Social Sciences | |
|
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science |
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| School of Medicine | ||
| Graduate School of Administration | The Paul Merage School of Business | |
| School of Engineering | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering | |
| Department of Education | ||
| School of Law | ||
| Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing | ||
| Department of Pharmeceutical Sciences | ||
| Program in Public Health | ||
| School of Social Ecology |
http://catalogue.uci.edu/welcome
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| Buildings | 1 | 5 |
| Collections | 90,000 volumes | 3.4 million volumes |
https://www.lib.uci.edu/collections
| Year | 1965 | 2016 |
| BA | 10 | 6,846 |
| MA | 3 | 1,625 |
| PhD | 1 | 399 |
| Teaching Credentials | 101 |
http://www.oir.uci.edu/degrees-awarded.html
| Cost of quarterly permits | |
| 1966 | $6.00 |
| 1978 | $22.50 |
| 1987 | $54.00 |
| 1990 | $69.00 |
| 2005 | $132.00 |
| 2016 | $210.00 |