Then and Now

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 40 years at UCI.


Graduation Day, 1994.	Graduation Day, 1968.

Enrollment	1965	2005
Total	1,589	23,835
Freshman	958	4,715
Sophomores	215	3,572
Juniors	254	5,214
Seniors	2	6,429
Limited Status	20	133
Graduate Students	0	3,774

Faculty	1965	2005
	119	1,359

Buildings	1965	2005
	8	170 +

Tuition and fees	1965	2005
Resident students	Free	$7,474.50
Non-resident students	$980	$25,294.50

Room and board	1965	2005
	$1,850	$20,975

Schools	1965	2005
	Division of Biological Sciences	School of Biological Sciences
	Division of Fine Arts	Claire Trevor School of the Arts
	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
	--	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

Libraries		2005
Buildings	1	4
Collections	90,000 volumes	2.5 million volumes

Degrees Awarded	1965	2005
BA	10	5,242
MA	3	943
PhD	1	298
Teaching Credentials	--	276

Parking

Cost of quarterly permits
1966	$6.00
1978	$22.50
1987	$54.00
1990	$69.00
2005	$132.00

Number of spaces
1969	2,946
2005	13,802