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UC Santa Cruz Facts
  

Total enrollment for fall 2007: 15,820
(14,381 undergraduates: 6,635 men and 7,709 women; 1,439 graduate students).

  • 63 undergraduate majors in arts, engineering, humanities, physical and biological sciences, and social sciences; 35 minors; and 55 concentrations.
  • Ten residential colleges.
  • NCAA Division III teams: men’s and women’s tennis, swimming and diving, basketball, soccer, and volleyball; women’s cross-country and golf.
  • Over 100 student organizations and clubs.

Admission Statistics, Fall 2008  

ACT Comprehensive (freshmen)

25

ACT–Reading (freshmen)

26

ACT–Mathematics (freshmen)

26

ACT–English with Writing (freshmen)

25

SAT Reasoning–Critical Reading (freshmen)

582

SAT Reasoning–Math (freshmen)

602

SAT Reasoning–Writing (freshmen)

586

SAT Total (freshmen)            1771

GPA (high school–for freshmen)

3.70

GPA (jr. college—for transfers)

3.30

(All figures represent the mean. Freshman GPA includes extra points for qualifying honors level course work. For further information, please see Freshman Admission.)

 

 

Ethnic Composition of Undergraduates, Fall 2007

 

Undergraduates

%

New Freshmen

%

African American

376

2.8

109

3.1

American Indian

123

0.9

25

0.7

Asian/Pacific Islander

2,957

22.3

916

26.3

Chicano/Latino

2,381

18.0

649

18.7

European American

7,332

55.4

1,760

50.6

International

75

0.6

22

0.6

SUBTOTAL

13,244

100

3,481

100

Other/Not available

1,137

 

233

 

TOTAL

14,381

 

3,714

 

 

Retention and Graduation Rates, 2006-07

  • 89% of first-year students returned to enter their sophomore year at UC Santa Cruz.
  • 50% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in four years.
  • 70% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in six years.