Transfer Student Profile
Total enrollment, fall 2012: 17,404
- 15,978 undergraduates; 1,426 graduate students
- 53.1 percent women; 46.5 percent men; 0.4 percent unknown
- 2,622 transfer students
- 1,219 new transfer students entered fall 2012
- 1,295 re-entry students aged 25 or over (for undergraduates) or 29 or over (for graduate students)
Ethnic composition of undergraduates:
UC Santa Cruz seeks to enroll and graduate a student body that reflects California's diverse cultural, racial, geographical, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In fall 2012, ethnic composition of undergraduates was:
African American, 3.2%; American Indian, 1.3%; Asian American/Pacific Islander, 25.0%; Chicano/Latino, 27.0%; Euro-American, 39.5%; international, 0.3%; not stated, 3.7%.
Hometowns of new transfer students, fall 2012:
| San Francisco Bay Area | 25.6% |
| Other Northern California | 1.7% |
| Monterey Bay Area/Santa Clara Valley | 25.6% |
| Central Valley Area | 11.8% |
| Los Angeles Area/South Coast | 26.3% |
| San Diego Area | 8.5% |
| Out of State | 0.4% |
| International | 0.1% |
Mean GPA of transfer students admitted for fall 2013:
3.38
Fall 2012 admission rate for transfers:
68.7%
Retention and Graduation Rates for Junior Transfer Students, 2012-13
- 91% of transfer students returned to enter their next year at UC Santa Cruz.
- 76% of transfer students graduated in three years or less.
- 92% of transfer students graduated in four years or less.


