Women’s Studies at University of California - Santa Cruz

If you plan to study women's studies, 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 Women's Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UC Santa Cruz Women’s Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies
• Master’s Degree in Women’s Studies

UC Santa Cruz Women’s Studies Rankings

The women's studies major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Women's Studies. 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in women's studies, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Women's Studies Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the women’s studies majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of women's studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical women's studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in women's studies at UC Santa Cruz are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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 women's studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UC Santa Cruz Women’s Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of women's studies master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies
• Latino Studies

Careers That Women’s Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in women's studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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.