Institutional Research and Academic Planning
IRAP collaborates with the Undergraduate Education and Institutional Research departments on campuses to assess undergraduate student experience and learning outcomes, and provide decision support on factors influencing graduation rates, trends in degrees awarded, and outcomes.
Undergraduate outcomes content and analysis is separated into the four categories below:
- Data dashboards and summary metrics (Link directly to the UC Information Center and UC Accountability report, respectively.)
- Undergraduate student experience
- Persistence and graduation rates
- Outcomes
Data dashboards and summary metrics
Undergraduate outcomes dashboards Link
UC Information CenterExplore UC data within the Undergraduate outcomes subject area at the UC Information Center.
Undergraduate student success: chapter 3 Link
UC Accountability reportSummary metrics on UC undergraduate student success can be found in chapter 3 of the UC accountability report.
Teaching and Learning: chapter 8 Link
UC Accountability reportSummary metrics on Teaching and Learning can be found in chapter 8 of the UC accountability report.
Undergraduate student experience
AI Use at UC – UCUES results PDF
October 2024The 2024 UC Undergraduate Student Experience Survey (UCUES) included several questions related to AI to assess the extent of AI tool usage among undergraduate students at UC campuses and to evaluate their understanding of guidelines for AI use in supporting learning.
Extracurricular participation and student success PDF
September 2023UC provides a variety of extra-curricular activities for undergraduate students. This report provides information on the influence of participation in these activities on student academic outcomes.
Undergraduate voter participation and campus political climate at the University of California PDF
May 2020A topic brief exploring undergraduate voter registration and participation and their connection to the undergraduate experience on UC campuses.
Parenting students' experience and challenges at UC PDF
February 2019This topic brief provides a profile of undergraduate and graduate parenting students at the University of California. It examines their financial concerns, academic and social experiences and challenges, as well as their success at UC, by using responses from the University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) and the Graduate Wellbeing Survey (GWS).
Global food initiative: Food and housing security at the University of California PDF
December 2017UC is dedicated to ensuring the success of its more than 260,000 undergraduate and graduate students. This report provides information on the university’s latest data collection efforts and strategies for addressing basic needs security.
Adaptive learning technology pilot report PDF
December 2016This document presents a 2015-16 pilot study at the University of California exploring the use of adaptive learning technology, in this case the Assessment and Learning Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) system, to enhance student success and improve instruction.
Persistence and graduation rates
UC goals for 2030 Link
UC webpageUC’s 2030 goals are driving bold, equity-centered change across our campuses to better serve California students.
UC undergraduate non-completion PDF
October 2021This report provides some insight on students who start their undergraduate education at UC and do not complete their degree at UC and sometimes not at all. Non-completion and completion at other institutions is compared across selected social demographics.
Three-year degree pathways project PDF
August 2017The University of California seeks to enable all students to complete their undergraduate degrees in a timely fashion and to ensure that their education prepares them to be the next generation of leaders for California, the nation, and the world.
Bridging the gap: Increasing retention rates for female engineers in the UC system PDF
March 2017An analysis of the systemwide performance in engineering retention at the undergraduate level by gender, identifying programs and policies that have shown to increase the rate of retention for female students.
UC undergraduate college completion: using unit-taking strategies to improve graduation rates PDF
April 2015This project addresses the association between the number of units an undergraduate takes and their time to graduation.
Outcomes
UC undergraduate advising needs: A comparison between transfer and freshman entrants PDF
April 2025This topic brief compares responses to the new 2024 UCUES advising questions among transfer and lower-division and upper-division freshman entrants to better understand transfer students’ advising needs.
Undergraduate engagement, satisfaction, and challenges at the University of California PDF
December 2024This presentation summarizes insights and key findings from UCUES administrations, 2006 – 2024.
UC 2030: Equity is excellence PDF
May 2024Equity is at the center of our UC 2030 goals. Learn more about strategies being deployed across the system to reach our goals and about the data tools that inform our work. This report offers an in-depth view of strategies in action and is accompanied by two quick reference appendices with campus profiles and tools in use across the system.
Understanding the value of a UC degree
IRAP webpageThe UC Office of the President’s Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP) department has developed a series of topic briefs that identify specific indicators, both economic and non-economic, to more comprehensively demonstrate a college degree’s impact on students and the broader public.
What is the value of a UC degree for on-the-fence students? An evaluation of the 2001-2011 UC eligibility in the local context program PDF
January 2023This brief evaluates the University of California's 2001-2011 Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) program, which provided UC admissions advantages to California high school students in the top four percent of their class by GPA.
Major restrictions, socioeconomic stratification, and student success PDF
October 2022This report analyzes the equity implications of GPA-based major restrictions, which are commonly used to limit access to impacted majors.
Undergraduate foster youth at the University of California PDF
July 2020This topic brief summarizes enrollment trends, demographic characteristics, graduation rates, satisfaction with undergraduate experiences, basic needs, and post-graduation employment outcomes for UC undergraduate foster youth.
UC's student veteran community PDF
March 2020This topic brief summarizes student veteran enrollment trends, demographic characteristics, fields of study, graduation outcomes, satisfaction with undergraduate experiences, and post-graduation employment trajectories.
California K-12 teachers educated at the University of California PDF
August 2019The University of California awards more than 70,000 degrees per year, including 55,000 undergraduate degrees and 15,000 graduate academic and professional degrees. As these graduate leave UC and enter the California workforce, a growing number are joining California's K-12 educational system.
UC continues to lead in serving low-income undergraduates PDF
March 2019Data from U.S. Department of Education show that UC is unique in its commitment to enrolling and graduating Pell Grant recipients when compared to AAU private and public universities.
2016 Summer sessions pilot outcomes PDF
July 2017In 2016, three UC campuses piloted initiatives that included financial incentives with the goal of increasing the enrollment of UC undergraduate students in the summer. This report presents the results of those pilots.
What's it worth? PDF
April 2017A multi-faceted approach to measuring the value of undergraduate humanities degrees at the University of California
Advising strategies to support timely graduation PDF
December 2015The University of California seeks to enable all students to complete their undergraduate degree in a timely fashion and to ensure that their education prepares them to be the next generation of leaders for California, the nation, and the world.
UC innovations in education are improving student outcomes PDF
February 2015UC is leveraging technology to promote student success. In January 2015, UC campuses came together to discuss strategies to increase student success at the Undergraduate Completions Conference.