UC Santa Cruz Statistics
Enrollment
Total enrollment for fall 2017: 19,457
- 17,577 undergraduates and 1,880 graduate students
- 49.3 percent men, 50.0 percent women, 0.7 percent unknown/other
- 2,771 transfer students
- 1,231 new transfer students entered fall 2017
- 1,534 re-entry students aged 25 or over (for undergraduates) or 29 or over (for graduate students)
Admission Statistics, Fall 2018
| High School GPA (for freshmen) | Junior College GPA (for transfers) | ||
| Mean GPA | 3.93 | Mean GPA | 3.30 |
| 4.0 or higher GPA | 51.1% | ||
| 3.5 to 3.99 GPA | 40.4% | ||
| below 3.5 GPA | 8.5% |
| ACT | SAT | ||
| 27 or higher | 71.0% | 1400 or higher | 32.6% |
| 22-26 | 22.4% | 1100-1399 | 61.3% |
| 21 or lower | 6.6% | 1099 or lower | 6.1% |
| ACT Comprehensive | 28.8 | SAT Total | 1324.4 |
| ACT–Reading | 29.3 | Reading/Writing | 647.5 |
| ACT–Mathematics | 28.5 | Mathematics | 683.5 |
| ACT–English with Writing | 29 | Essay | 17 |
(All figures represent the mean. Freshman GPA includes extra points for qualifying honors level coursework. For further information, please see Freshman Admission.)
| 2018 admission rate for frosh | 47.7% |
| 2018 admission rate for transfers | 67.6% |
Ethnic Composition of Undergraduates, Fall 2017
|
|
Undergraduates |
% |
New Freshmen |
% |
New Transfers |
% |
|
African American |
730 |
4.2% |
177 |
4.4% |
57 |
4.6% |
|
American Indian |
147 |
0.8% |
28 |
0.7% |
13 |
1.1% |
|
Asian |
4,867 |
27.7% |
1,127 |
27.7% |
230 |
18.7% |
|
Chicano/Latino |
4,856 |
27.6% |
1,032 |
25.5% |
369 |
29.9% |
|
Pacific Islander |
73 |
0.4% |
12 |
0.3% |
6 |
0.5% |
|
European American |
5,523 |
31.4% |
1,202 |
29.7% |
484 |
39.3% |
|
International |
1,087 |
6.2% |
415 |
10.3% |
52 |
4.2% |
|
Not stated |
294 |
1.7% |
55 |
1.4% |
21 |
1.7% |
|
TOTAL |
17,577 |
100.0% |
4,048 |
100.0% |
1,232 |
100% |
Retention and Graduation Rates, 2017-18
- 90% of first-year students returned to enter their sophomore year at UC Santa Cruz.
- 49% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in four years.
- 77% of students who entered as freshmen graduated in six years.
- 93% of transfer students returned to enter their next year at UC Santa Cruz.
- 80% of transfer students graduated in three years or less.
- 87% of transfer students graduated in four years or less
Hometowns of new freshmen, fall 2017:
|
Central Valley Area |
9.4% |
|
Los Angeles/Orange County/South Coast |
26.0% |
|
Monterey Bay/Santa Clara Valley/Silicon Valley |
10.8% |
|
Other Northern California |
1.0% |
|
San Diego/Inland Empire |
13.0% |
|
San Francisco Bay Area |
25.8% |
|
Unknown |
0.0% |
|
International |
9.2% |
|
Other States in the U.S. |
4.8% |
Hometowns of new transfer students, fall 2017:
|
Central Valley Area |
8.2% |
|
Los Angeles/Orange County/South Coast |
22.8% |
|
Monterey Bay/Santa Clara Valley/Silicon Valley |
30.5% |
|
Other Northern California |
1.1% |
|
San Diego/Inland Empire |
7.6% |
|
San Francisco Bay Area |
27.2% |
|
International |
1.5% |
|
Other States in the U.S. |
1.1% |
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