University of California-Santa Cruz Student Population and Demographics

UC Santa Cruz Student Population

There are 19,478 students including 17,502 undergraduate and 1,976 graduate students at University of California-Santa Cruz for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 18,646 full-time and 832 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,821 male and 9,657 female students. University of California-Santa Cruz is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 98 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of California-Santa Cruz has a total enrollment of 19,478 with a gender distribution of 50.42% male (9,821 students) and 49.58% female (9,657 students). There are 8,778 male and 8,724 female students in undergraduate school and 1,043 male and 933 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	19,478	9,821	9,657
Undergraduate	17,502	8,778	8,724
Graduate	1,976	1,043	933
Full-time	18,646	9,335	9,311
Part-time	832	486	346

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of California-Santa Cruz has 18,646 full-time and 832 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,728 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 774 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,918 students are full-time and 58 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	19,478	18,646	832
Undergraduate	17,502	16,728	774
Graduate	1,976	1,918	58
Men	9,821	9,335	486
Women	9,657	9,311	346

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of California-Santa Cruz, 98 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,070 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 19,478 students. In undergraduate schools, 4,103 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 65 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	19,478	17,502	1,976
Online Exclusively	98	97	1
In Some Online Classes	4,070	4,006	64
Not In Online Classes	15,310	13,399	1,911

[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 20 American Indian/Native American, 6,288 White, 358 Black/African American, 4,246 Asian, 5,172 Hispanic, 27 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 964 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of California-Santa Cruz
	Total	Men	Women
Total	19,478	9,821	9,657
American Indian/Native American	20	10	10
Asian	4,246	2,437	1,809
Black/African American	358	158	200
Hispanic	5,172	2,137	3,035
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	12	15
White	6,288	3,188	3,100
Two More	1,546	737	809
Race Un-Known	398	227	171

[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	19,478	17,502	1,976
Under 18	473	473	0
Age 18-19	7,321	7,321	0
Age 20-21	6,711	6,662	49
Age 22-24	2,716	2,263	453
Age 25-29	1,334	542	792
Age 30-34	539	139	400
Age 35-39	210	42	168
Age 40-49	119	38	81
Age 50-64	51	21	30
Over 64	4	1	3
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of California-Santa Cruz 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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