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University of California - Santa Cruz Overview

Located in Santa Cruz, California, University of California - Santa Cruz is a public institution. Santa Cruz is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of California - Santa Cruz Known For?

4,856 Undergraduate Awards
$47,423 Avg Cost After Aid
47% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UC Santa Cruz.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UC Santa Cruz bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $68,396 a year. That's about 68% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is University of California - Santa Cruz?

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Contact details for UC Santa Cruz are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1011
Phone: 831-459-0111
Website: www.ucsc.edu

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How Do I Get Into UC Santa Cruz?

You can apply to UC Santa Cruz online at: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for UC Santa Cruz

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UC Santa Cruz?

47% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
UC Santa Cruz has a fairly low acceptance rate of 47%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 51%.

Can I Afford University of California - Santa Cruz?

$47,423 Net Price
36% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UC Santa Cruz is $47,423. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UC Santa Cruz, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $6,519 a year. That adds up to $26,076 over four years for those students.

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University of California - Santa Cruz Undergraduate Student Diversity

16,521 Full-Time Undergraduates
47% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 17,207 undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz, with 16,521 being full-time and 686 being part-time.

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There are also 1,954 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,521 full-time undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - Santa Cruz students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,842
Black or African American 317
Hispanic or Latino 4,518
White 4,918
International Students 1,275
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,651

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - Santa Cruz. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 72 countries are represented at UC Santa Cruz. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Taiwan.

University of California - Santa Cruz Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 658 57 12 727
General Psychology 499 3 9 511
Business/Managerial Economics 280 0 0 280
General Biology 215 0 0 215
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 178 7 18 203
Sociology 192 2 5 199
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 173 10 8 191
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 175 3 12 190
Economics 159 22 7 188
Natural Resources Conservation 167 6 6 179
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 153 7 14 174
Political Science & Government 141 0 4 145
Computer Engineering 125 2 10 137
Design & Applied Arts 132 0 0 132
Ethnic Studies 120 4 4 128
Anthropology 124 0 4 128
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 126 0 0 126
Cognitive Science 123 0 0 123
Fine & Studio Arts 115 5 0 120
History 104 0 8 112
Mathematics 96 7 5 108
Information Technology 92 0 0 92
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 58 9 9 76
Geological & Earth Sciences 55 5 15 75
Chemistry 54 4 16 74
Education Philosophy 70 0 0 70
Electrical Engineering 30 30 5 65
Educational Assessment 0 52 7 59
General Physical Sciences 58 0 0 58
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 57 0 0 57
Physics 36 11 10 57
Philosophy 51 1 1 53
Astronomy & Astrophysics 40 6 5 51
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 46 0 0 46
Computer Software & Applications 0 30 9 39
Applied Mathematics 19 8 5 32
Community Organization & Advocacy 31 0 0 31
Drama & Theater Arts 24 5 0 29
Music 15 5 2 22
Romance Languages 16 0 0 16
Computer Information Systems 0 15 0 15
Agricultural Production 13 0 0 13
Plant Sciences 13 0 0 13
Human Computer Interaction 0 11 0 11
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 5 5 10
Public Relations & Advertising 0 10 0 10
Natural Resource Management 0 9 0 9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2 1 5 8
Architectural Engineering Technology 0 7 0 7
Biotechnology 6 0 0 6
Other Visual Art 0 2 4 6
Biomedical Engineering 5 0 0 5
Classical Languages & Literature 5 0 0 5
Teacher Education Subject Specific 4 0 0 4
Statistics 0 2 2 4
Archeology 1 0 0 1
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 0 0
General Education 0 0 0 0
Systems Engineering 0 0 0 0
English Literature (Other) 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,856 363 226 5,445

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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