Student Population at University of California-Santa Cruz

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
19,47817,5021,976
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 19,478 students have enrolled in University of California-Santa Cruz with 17,502 undergraduate and 1,976 graduate students.
By gender, 9,821 male and 9,657 female students are attending the school.
It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
98 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,070 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

University of California-Santa Cruz has a total of 19,478 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 17,502 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,976 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,821 male and 9,657 female students (the male-female ratio is 50:50) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total19,47817,5021,976
Men9,8218,7781,043
Women9,6578,724933

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,288 White, 358 Black, and 4,246 Asian students out of a total of 19,478 are attending at University of California-Santa Cruz. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American201010
Asian4,2462,4371,809
Black358158200
Hispanic5,1722,1373,035
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders271215
White6,2883,1883,100
Two or more races1,546737809
Race Unknown398227171
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1899
Asian4,0632,3411,722
Black326140186
Hispanic4,9112,0132,898
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders261214
White5,5662,8192,747
Two or more races1,449693756
Race Unknown349198151
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American000
Asian17510273
Black17710
Hispanic371172199
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White489263226
Two or more races995247
Race Unknown221210

Student Age Distribution

By age, UC Santa Cruz has 473 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 17,221 students under 25 years old, and 2,257 students over 25 years old out of 19,478 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 473 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. UC Santa Cruz has 16,719 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 783 students aged 25 and over.
It has 502 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,474 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18473286187
18-197,3214,0873,234
20-216,7113,1773,534
22-242,7161,0261,690
25-291,334645689
30-34539242297
35-39210102108
40-491195960
50-64513219
Over 65413
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18473286187
18-197,3214,0873,234
20-216,6623,1553,507
22-242,2638411,422
25-29542243299
30-341396178
35-39421824
40-49381820
50-6421147
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of California-Santa Cruz, 98 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,070 students are enrolled in some online courses.
81 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students19,478984,070
Undergraduate17,502974,006
Graduate1,976164
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students81413
Undergraduate81313
Graduate010

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 17,502 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,227 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.01%.1,178 students have transferred in as full-time status and 49 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time15,550
Transfer-in Full-time1,178
Regular Part-time725
Transfer-in Part-time49
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