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Information Technology at University of California - Santa Cruz

Information Technology at University of California - Santa Cruz

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Santa Cruz. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

UC Santa Cruz Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

UC Santa Cruz Information Technology Rankings

The it major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

IT Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

24% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its it 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 it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 38
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 14
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it 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
Information Technology Management 135

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Computer User Support Specialists 70,510 $66,350
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers 63,640 $180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 36,900 $97,810

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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