University Of California-Santa Cruz

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCS, was established in 1965. The university introduced its graduate study programs in 1966. The university's campus covers more than 2000 acres in Santa Cruz, California, and overlooks the Monterey Bay and Pacific Ocean. As of 2007-2008, UCSC served more than 15,000 students and has a number of undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. programs. UCSC is organized into several academic units including:

• Benjamin F. Porter College
• College Eight
• College Nine
• College Ten
• Cowell College
• Crown College
• Kresge College
• Merrill College
• Oakes College
• Stevenson College

The sports teams of UCSC are known as the Banana Slugs. The teams compete in Division III of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in men's and women's basketball, volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, and water polo. In addition, the women’s teams also participate in golf and cross country. The women's rugby team won the Division II National Collegiate Championship in the 2005-2006 season.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, drama and performing arts, conservation and resource management, therapy and counseling, religion and philosophy, photography and commercial art, law, fine arts, art studies, mathematics, and liberal arts.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

UC Santa Cruz participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 61% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 16,615 in 2009-2010 (16,965 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 89% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UC Santa Cruz provides on-campus housing for 7,524 of its 16,965 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Division III Independents for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

UC Santa Cruz offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (123 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (290 awarded)

• Business/Managerial Economics

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (113 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (214 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (49 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (93 awarded)

• Education

ENGINEERING (30 awarded)

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (95 awarded)

• Community Organization and Advocacy

FINE ARTS (60 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (6 awarded)

• Plant Sciences

LAW (66 awarded)

• Legal Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,209 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• German Studies
• History
• International Economics
• Italian Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (58 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (11 awarded)

• Communication and Media Studies

MEDICINE (28 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (30 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (102 awarded)

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (63 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (708 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
• Environmental Toxicology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Molecular Biochemistry
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (350 awarded)

• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology