Plant Sciences at University of California - Santa Cruz

If you plan to study plant sciences, take a look at what University of California - Santa Cruz has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Plant Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Sciences

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Rankings

The plant sciences major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Plant Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Plant Sciences Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the plant sciences majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of plant sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical plant sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in plant sciences at UC Santa Cruz are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its plant sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in plant sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Plant Sciences

If you plan to be a plant sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Cruz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Plant Science, General	18

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production

Careers That Plant Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in plant sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	6,790	$47,360
Soil and Plant Scientists	2,270	$80,710
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	1,460	$91,670
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$97,290

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.