University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Public
Acceptance Rate
65.8%
Annual In-State Tuition
$16,005
Annual Out-of-State Tuition
$50,205
Student Body Size
17,940
First Year Retention Rate
87.9%
Graduation Rate
74.8%
Median Earnings Post-Graduation
$68,396
Campus Security Score
68
Climate
☀️ 300
How University of California-Santa Cruz compares
- More selective than about 70% of the colleges in our database.
- Bigger than about 96% of the colleges we track, by enrollment.
- Out-of-state tuition is lower than about 8% of the colleges we track.
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Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.