UC Santa Cruz Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At University of California-Santa Cruz, the graduation rates was 75.09% (2,764 students out of 3,681 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 1,434 male and 1,330 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at University of California-Santa Cruz. Last year, the graduation rate was 75.09%. where 2,764 students out of 3,681 candidate completed their degree.

2,263 students completed their course in 4 years and 425 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 76 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At University of California-Santa Cruz, 370 of 480 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 77.08%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at University of California-Santa Cruz is 9.67% (356 out of 3,681 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of California-Santa Cruz, the retention rate is 88% for full-time students and 31 % for part-time students.