in the US for 2012, 5th in the world and 1st in the US for 2013, 7th in the world and 1st in the US in 2014, and 7th in the world and 1st in the US in 2015. 2015 was the final year UCI was eligible for this ranking. National For 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Irvine tied for 35th among national universities in the U.S., tied for 8th among public universities, 2nd in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", tied for 42nd in "Most Innovative Schools", tied for 61st in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", and 175th in "Best Value Schools". In 2019, Forbes ranked UCI 3rd out of the 300 Best Value Colleges, based on Return on Investment. In 2017 Kiplinger ranked UCI 26th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 5th in California. In 2018, Sierra Magazine ranked UCI 1st in its "Coolest Schools" in America list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts. In addition, many of UCI's graduate programs are ranked in the top 50 of the 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings: literary criticism and theory (1), criminology (3), organic chemistry (10), English (17), chemistry (20), sociology (23), computer science (30), physics (28), psychology (36), law (21), education (24), biological sciences (33), earth sciences (41), history (34), engineering (35), business part-time MBA (32), political science (45), mathematics (39), medicine-research (46), and economics (47). Learned societies affiliations UCI faculty are affiliated with the following learned societies. American Academy of Arts and Sciences (32 members) American Association for the Advancement of Science (115 members) American Philosophical Society (11 members) American Physical Society (30 members) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1 members) American Psychological Association (20 members) National Academy of Medicine (5 members) National Academy of Engineering (11 members) National Academy of Sciences (32 members) National Academy of Education (4 members) Admissions UC Irvine is categorized by U.S. News & World Report as "most selective" for college admissions in the United States. It was the third-most selective University of California campus for the freshman class entering in the fall of 2019, as measured by the ratio of admitted students to applicants (behind UC Berkeley and UCLA). UC Irvine received 95,566 applications for admission to the fall 2019 incoming freshman class and 25,394 were admitted, making UC Irvine's acceptance rate 26.6% for fall 2019. The middle 50% range for SAT