University of California-Santa Cruz Student Population and Demographics

UC Santa Cruz Student Population

There are 19,938 students including 17,940 undergraduate and 1,998 graduate students at University of California-Santa Cruz for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 19,362 full-time and 576 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,544 male and 10,394 female students.

University of California-Santa Cruz is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 166 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of California-Santa Cruz has a total enrollment of 19,938 with a gender distribution of 47.87% male (9,544 students) and 52.13% female (10,394 students). There are 8,473 male and 9,467 female students in undergraduate school and 1,071 male and 927 female students are attending graduate school at University of California-Santa Cruz.

Student Population By Gender
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Men	Women
Total	19,938	9,544	10,394
Undergraduate	17,940	8,473	9,467
Graduate	1,998	1,071	927
Full-time	19,362	9,212	10,150
Part-time	576	332	244

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of California-Santa Cruz has 19,362 full-time and 576 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,414 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 526 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,948 students are full-time and 50 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	19,938	19,362	576
Undergraduate	17,940	17,414	526
Graduate	1,998	1,948	50
Men	9,544	9,212	332
Women	10,394	10,150	244

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of California-Santa Cruz, 166 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,098 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 19,938 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,253 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 11 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	19,938	17,940	1,998
Online Exclusively	166	165	1
In Some Online Classes	5,098	5,088	10
Not In Online Classes	14,674	12,687	1,987

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of California-Santa Cruz. There are 31 American Indian/Native American, 6,133 White, 409 Black/African American, 4,607 Asian, 5,415 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,035 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Men	Women
Total	19,938	9,544	10,394
American Indian/Native American	31	15	16
Asian	4,607	2,532	2,075
Black/African American	409	179	230
Hispanic	5,415	2,125	3,290
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	11	12
White	6,133	2,950	3,183
Two More	1,670	777	893
Race Un-Known	463	258	205

[Chart] University of California-Santa CruzRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of California-Santa Cruz.

Age Distribution
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	19,938	17,940	1,998
Under 18	512	512	0
Age 18-19	8,028	8,026	2
Age 20-21	7,017	6,965	52
Age 22-24	2,371	1,848	523
Age 25-29	1,184	409	775
Age 30-34	474	91	383
Age 35-39	199	50	149
Age 40-49	120	29	91
Age 50-64	30	10	20
Over 64	3	0	3
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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