How many students at UC Santa Cruz? 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.
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
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate |
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| Total | 19,478 | 17,502 | 1,976 |
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| Men | 9,821 | 8,778 | 1,043 |
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| Women | 9,657 | 8,724 | 933 |
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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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 20 | 10 | 10 |
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| Asian | 4,246 | 2,437 | 1,809 |
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| Black | 358 | 158 | 200 |
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| Hispanic | 5,172 | 2,137 | 3,035 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 27 | 12 | 15 |
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| White | 6,288 | 3,188 | 3,100 |
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| Two or more races | 1,546 | 737 | 809 |
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| Race Unknown | 398 | 227 | 171 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 18 | 9 | 9 |
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| Asian | 4,063 | 2,341 | 1,722 |
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| Black | 326 | 140 | 186 |
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| Hispanic | 4,911 | 2,013 | 2,898 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 26 | 12 | 14 |
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| White | 5,566 | 2,819 | 2,747 |
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| Two or more races | 1,449 | 693 | 756 |
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| Race Unknown | 349 | 198 | 151 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| Asian | 183 | 96 | 87 |
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| Black | 32 | 18 | 14 |
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| Hispanic | 261 | 124 | 137 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| White | 722 | 369 | 353 |
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| Two or more races | 97 | 44 | 53 |
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| Race Unknown | 49 | 29 | 20 |
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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)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 473 | 286 | 187 |
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| 18-19 | 7,321 | 4,087 | 3,234 |
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| 20-21 | 6,711 | 3,177 | 3,534 |
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| 22-24 | 2,716 | 1,026 | 1,690 |
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| 25-29 | 1,334 | 645 | 689 |
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| 30-34 | 539 | 242 | 297 |
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| 35-39 | 210 | 102 | 108 |
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| 40-49 | 119 | 59 | 60 |
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| 50-64 | 51 | 32 | 19 |
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| Over 65 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 473 | 286 | 187 |
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| 18-19 | 7,321 | 4,087 | 3,234 |
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| 20-21 | 6,662 | 3,155 | 3,507 |
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| 22-24 | 2,263 | 841 | 1,422 |
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| 25-29 | 542 | 243 | 299 |
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| 30-34 | 139 | 61 | 78 |
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| 35-39 | 42 | 18 | 24 |
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| 40-49 | 38 | 18 | 20 |
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| 50-64 | 21 | 14 | 7 |
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| Over 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 20-21 | 49 | 22 | 27 |
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| 22-24 | 453 | 185 | 268 |
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| 25-29 | 792 | 402 | 390 |
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| 30-34 | 400 | 181 | 219 |
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| 35-39 | 168 | 84 | 84 |
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| 40-49 | 81 | 41 | 40 |
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| 50-64 | 30 | 18 | 12 |
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| Over 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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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 Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses |
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| All Students | 19,478 | 98 | 4,070 |
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| Undergraduate | 17,502 | 97 | 4,006 |
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| Graduate | 1,976 | 1 | 64 |
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Online Student Population by Locality
| California Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. |
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| All Students | 81 | 4 | 13 |
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| Undergraduate | 81 | 3 | 13 |
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| Graduate | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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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 |
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| Regular Full-time | 15,550 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 1,178 |
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| Regular Part-time | 725 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 49 |
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