UC Santa Cruz Statistics
Enrollment
Total enrollment for fall 2019: 19,494
- 17,517 undergraduates and 1,977 graduate students
- Undergraduates: 51.6 percent men, 47.5 percent women, 0.9 percent unknown/other
- 1,819 new transfer students entered fall 2019
Admission Statistics, Fall 2019
| High School GPA (for freshmen) | Junior College GPA (for transfers) | ||
| Mean GPA | 3.94 | Mean GPA | 3.33 |
| 4.0 or higher GPA | 50.3% | ||
| 3.5 to 3.99 GPA | 42.6% | ||
| below 3.5 GPA | 7.1% |
| ACT | SAT | ||
| 27 or higher | 65.6% | 1400 or higher | 29.9% |
| 22-26 | 25.7% | 1100-1399 | 64.6% |
| 21 or lower | 8.7% | 1099 or lower | 5.5% |
| ACT Comprehensive | 28.3 | SAT Total | 1319.2 |
| ACT–Reading | 29.1 | Reading/Writing | 643.8 |
| ACT–Mathematics | 27.8 | Mathematics | 682.9 |
| ACT–English with Writing | 24.5 | Essay | 16 |
(All figures represent the mean. Freshman GPA includes extra points for qualifying honors level coursework. For further information, please see Freshman Admission.)
| 2019 admission rate for frosh | 51.57% |
| 2019 admission rate for transfers | 61.03% |
Ethnic Composition of Undergraduates, Fall 2018
|
|
Undergraduates |
% |
New Freshmen |
% |
New Transfers |
% |
|
African American |
764 |
4.3% |
171 |
4.6% |
90 |
5.0% |
|
American Indian |
145 |
0.8% |
22 |
0.6% |
20 |
1.1% |
|
Asian |
4,967 |
27.9% |
1,122 |
30.3% |
356 |
19.6% |
|
Chicano/Latino |
4,750 |
26.7% |
808 |
21.8% |
596 |
32.8% |
|
Pacific Islander |
65 |
0.4% |
10 |
0.3% |
9 |
0.5% |
|
European American |
5,395 |
30.3% |
1,023 |
27.6% |
607 |
33.4% |
|
International |
1,393 |
7.8% |
482 |
13.0% |
95 |
5.2% |
|
Not stated |
313 |
1.8% |
63 |
1.7% |
42 |
2.3% |
|
TOTAL |
17,792 |
100.0% |
3,701 |
100.0% |
1,815 |
100% |
Retention and Graduation Rates, 2018-19
- 88% of first-year students returned to enter their sophomore year at UC Santa Cruz.
- 55% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in four years.
- 74% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in six years.
- 93% of transfer students returned to enter their next year at UC Santa Cruz.
- 82% of transfer students graduated in three years or less.
- 86% of transfer students graduated in four years or less
Hometowns of new freshmen, fall 2019:
|
Central Valley Area |
10.9% |
|
Los Angeles/Orange County/South Coast |
27.6% |
|
Monterey Bay/Santa Clara Valley/Silicon Valley |
8.5% |
|
Other Northern California |
1.2% |
|
San Diego/Inland Empire |
11.0% |
|
San Francisco Bay Area |
24.2% |
|
International |
11.2% |
|
Other States in the U.S. |
5.4% |
Hometowns of new transfer students, fall 2019:
|
Central Valley Area |
9.7% |
|
Los Angeles/Orange County/South Coast |
23.8% |
|
Monterey Bay/Santa Clara Valley/Silicon Valley |
28.4% |
|
Other Northern California |
1.3% |
|
San Diego/Inland Empire |
6.6% |
|
San Francisco Bay Area |
27.4% |
|
International |
1.9% |
|
Other States in the U.S. |
0.7% |
|
Unknown |
0.1% |
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