Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UC Santa Cruz

At University of California-Santa Cruz, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 63.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of California-Santa Cruz than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.16%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of UC Santa Cruz applicants increased by 4.45% (2,933 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 63.00% at University of California-Santa Cruz. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.35% and women students' rate is 56.55%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into University of California-Santa Cruz than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-Santa Cruz over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.91%	54.95%	63.84%
2014-15	55.72% -4.18%	53.99% -0.96%	57.12% -6.71%
2015-16	50.29% -5.44%	49.03% -4.96%	51.28% -5.85%
2016-17	57.85% 7.56%	57.31% 8.27%	58.29% 7.01%
2017-18	50.94% -6.91%	51.63% -5.67%	50.39% -7.90%
2018-19	47.37% -3.58%	48.04% -3.59%	46.83% -3.56%
2019-20	51.31% 3.94%	51.19% 3.14%	51.41% 4.58%
2020-21	64.73% 13.41%	65.40% 14.21%	64.18% 12.77%
2021-22	59.00% -5.73%	54.00% -11.40%	62.00% -2.18%
2022-23	46.92% -12.08%	42.28% -11.72%	50.70% -11.30%
2023-24	63.00% 16.08%	59.00% 16.72%	66.00% 15.30%
Average	55.18%	53.35%	56.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.16% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Santa Cruz from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.28%	20.55%	18.41%
2014-15	17.78% -1.50%	19.08% -1.47%	16.79% -1.63%
2015-16	15.81% -1.97%	17.53% -1.55%	14.51% -2.28%
2016-17	14.84% -0.97%	17.10% -0.44%	13.05% -1.46%
2017-18	15.00% 0.17%	17.13% 0.03%	13.27% 0.22%
2018-19	13.79% -1.22%	16.24% -0.89%	11.78% -1.49%
2019-20	12.97% -0.82%	15.14% -1.10%	11.20% -0.58%
2020-21	11.78% -1.18%	13.53% -1.61%	10.34% -0.86%
2021-22	12.00% 0.22%	12.00% -1.53%	11.00% 0.66%
2022-23	12.48% 0.48%	13.64% 1.64%	11.69% 0.69%
2023-24	10.00% -2.48%	11.00% -2.64%	10.00% -1.69%
Average	14.16%	15.72%	12.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 53,215, the average number of admitted is 29,327, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,992.

The number of UC Santa Cruz applicants increased by 4.45% (2,933 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-Santa Cruz from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	33,137	19,851	3,827
2014-15	40,727 22.90%	22,695 14.33%	4,035 5.44%
2015-16	45,532 11.80%	22,897 0.89%	3,620 -10.29%
2016-17	49,181 8.01%	28,452 24.26%	4,221 16.60%
2017-18	52,969 7.70%	26,984 -5.16%	4,048 -4.10%
2018-19	56,586 6.83%	26,803 -0.67%	3,695 -8.72%
2019-20	55,796 -1.40%	28,629 6.81%	3,712 0.46%
2020-21	54,988 -1.45%	35,591 24.32%	4,193 12.96%
2021-22	61,695 12.20%	36,400 2.27%	4,368 4.17%
2022-23	65,912 6.84%	30,926 -15.04%	3,859 -11.65%
2023-24	68,845 4.45%	43,372 40.24%	4,337 12.39%
Average	53,215	29,327	3,992

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of California-Santa Cruz and similar schools.