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University of California, Santa Cruz

Basic Information

Type Public

Location Santa Cruz, CA

Population 300,000

Website http://www.ucsc.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 17,812

Men / Women 47% / 53%

White 33%

Hispanic 26%

Asian 23%

Mixed 8%

International 3%

Black 2%

Native American 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 32%

Life & Natural Sciences 24%

Computer Science & Math 21%

Business & Economics 9%

Arts 7%

Engineering 4%

Education 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $16,005

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $50,205

Est. In-State Cost $20,704

Est. Out-of-State Cost $64,945

10-Year ROI $206,000

ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 88%

4-Year Graduation Rate 61%

6-Year Graduation Rate 75%

Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Weather

Comfortable Days 195 (99th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 3,120 (92th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 322 (96th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 73%

Yield (Unbound) 9%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$71M	#89
Life & Natural Sciences	$121M	#103
Humanities & Social Sciences	$10M	#133

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	41	#119
Life & Natural Sciences	82	#218
Humanities & Social Sciences	60	#233

Honors College

Standardized Tests — Test Blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Baskin School of Engineering	1,013	80% / 20%	7%	$108,319
Biomolecular Engineering	4 —	50% / 50%	25%	$86,827
Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering	154 —	84% / 16%	7%	$122,015
Electrical Engineering	49 +1	84% / 16%	2%	$110,389
Applied Mathematics	30 —	70% / 30%	7%	—
Computational Mathematics	11 +4	64% / 36%	9%	—
Computer Science	653 +2	81% / 19%	7%	$107,016
Technology and Information Management	105 +2	72% / 28%	9%	$96,195
Biotechnology	7 +1	29% / 71%	0%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Division of Humanities	418	36% / 64%	2%	$42,391
American/United States Studies/Civilization	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Applied Linguistics	15 —	20% / 80%	0%	$37,017
Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism	36 +4	39% / 61%	3%	$37,017
Classical Languages	5 —	20% / 80%	0%	—
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies	34 +1	26% / 74%	3%	$50,045
Feminist Studies	26 +3	12% / 88%	0%	$50,045
History	93 +4	56% / 44%	2%	$42,567
Latin American and Latino Studies	44 +9	16% / 84%	0%	$50,045
Linguistics	6 +4	17% / 83%	17%	$37,017
Literature	113 +15	32% / 68%	1%	$37,017
Philosophy	39 +9	64% / 36%	3%	$44,482
Spanish	6 +11	0% / 100%	0%	$45,730

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Division of Physical and Biological Sciences	1,049	44% / 56%	3%	$61,575
Mathematics	55 +2	69% / 31%	11%	$67,581
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	26 —	35% / 65%	0%	—
Astrophysics	34 +2	62% / 38%	6%	—
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	43 —	47% / 53%	2%	$67,109
Bioinformatics	50 —	54% / 46%	4%	—
Biology	141 +1	38% / 62%	0%	$62,347
Biomedical Sciences	76 —	29% / 71%	1%	$62,347
Chemistry	38 —	55% / 45%	5%	$58,664
Earth Sciences	52 —	60% / 40%	6%	$64,346
Ecology	71 —	37% / 63%	1%	$35,852
Environmental Sciences	25 +1	24% / 76%	0%	$53,300
Marine Biology	92 +3	34% / 66%	3%	$35,852
Microbiology	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology	179 +5	41% / 59%	1%	$70,291
Neuroscience	35 +2	43% / 57%	0%	$56,191
Physical Sciences	65 +1	52% / 48%	2%	—
Physics & Applied Physics	37 +6	81% / 19%	11%	$124,665
Plant Sciences	10 —	20% / 80%	0%	$54,073
Global and Community Health	19 +1	26% / 74%	5%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Division of Social Sciences	1,709	42% / 58%	4%	$60,443
Environmental Studies	134 +6	40% / 60%	1%	$53,300
Business Management Economics	103 +1	70% / 30%	19%	$77,768
Business/Managerial Economics	304 +2	69% / 31%	9%	$79,586
Economics	18 —	72% / 28%	39%	$77,768
International Economics	9 +1	56% / 44%	11%	$77,768
Anthropology	101 —	35% / 65%	0%	$41,953
Archeology	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Cognitive Science	142 +1	36% / 64%	3%	$67,753
Community Organization and Advocacy	26 —	38% / 62%	4%	$46,230
Community Studies	121 +49	21% / 79%	0%	$49,902
Legal Studies	104 +10	25% / 75%	1%	$55,590
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Politics	121 +45	55% / 45%	1%	$56,439
Psychology	448 +59	30% / 70%	2%	$52,295
Education	73 +7	19% / 81%	1%	—
Science Education	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Division of the Arts	469	52% / 48%	3%	$36,201
Games and Playable Media	147 +2	61% / 39%	4%	—
Art	92 +3	35% / 65%	1%	$31,840
Film and Digital Media	158 +17	58% / 42%	4%	$40,275
History of Art and Visual Culture	38 +11	37% / 63%	0%	$31,840
Music	10 —	70% / 30%	0%	—
Theater Arts	24 +10	33% / 67%	0%	$33,014

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