The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) is home to world-renowned scholars pursuing research that deepens our knowledge of the universe we live in and improves the quality of life for inhabitants of the state, the nation, and the world. Central to this research is educating the students who come to CNAS to learn science, and who leave with an integrated grasp of how they can change the world. These students, and the faculty who teach them, benefit from a structure that is unique among land-grant colleges: CNAS’s 13 departments encompass the life, physical, mathematical, and agricultural sciences. This structure encourages an extraordinary degree of collaboration, reflected in the interdisciplinary research centers and the many cooperatively taught degree programs. Modern science is team based, and CNAS embodies that principle in everything it teaches and practices.
Our Mission
To transform lives through discovery, communication, translation, application, and preservation of knowledge.
Facts and Figures
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Fall 2025
| Undergraduate students | 6,393 |
| Graduate students | 974 |
| Ladder-rank faculty members | 309 |
| Permanent staff | 395 |
| Alumni | 39,148 |
| Nobel Laureates | 2 |
| Members of the National Academy of Sciences | 18 |
| Academic Departments | 13 |
| Research institutes, centers, and collections | 20 |
| Agricultural Operations Station | 2 field stations Citrus Research Center & Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES): 480 acres Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station (CVARS): 540 acres |
| Agricultural Operations Plant Species/Varieties | 50+ |
| Natural Reserves | 6 reserves, 17,184 acres of land |
General UCR Stats
University of California, Riverside, Fall 2025
| Total Students Enrolled | 27,633 (100%) |
| Undergraduates | 24,034 (86.9%) |
| Graduates | 3,599 (13%) |
| First-generation Undergraduates | 11,875 (42.9%) |
| Pell Grant Recipients | 11,595 (41.9%) |
UCR Undergraduate Enrollment
University of California, Riverside, Fall 2025
| Total | 27,633 (100%) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 36 (<1%) |
| Asian/Asian-American | 8,832 (32%) |
| Black/African-American | 1,043 (3.8%) |
| Chicano/Latino | 10,872 (39.3%) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 40 (<1%) |
| White/Caucasian | 3,021 (10.9%) |
| Two or More Races | 1,375 (5%) |
| Domestic Unknown | 423 (1.5%) |
| U.S. Nonresident | 1,991 (7.2%) |
UCR Transfer Student Enrollment
University of California, Riverside, Fall 2025
| Total Applicants | 13,778 (100%) |
| Admitted | 9,341 (67.8%) |
1. Data is updated every Spring.
2. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Administration
| Dean | Peter W. Atkinson, Ph.D. |
| Agriculture and Natural Resources | Divisional Dean Patricia Springer, Ph.D. |
| Life Sciences | Divisional Dean Morris Maduro, Ph.D. |
| Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Divisional Dean Stefano Vidussi, Ph.D. |
| Student Academic Affairs | Divisional Dean Stephanie Dingwall, Ph.D. |
| Financial & Administrative Affairs | Executive Assistant Dean & CFAO Jennifer Farias, M.B.A. |
Dean Peter Atkinson
Organizational Structure
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