Achievements, Facts, and Figures
National rankings
#1
in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership
2022 Women鈥檚 Power Gap Initiative
#2
Public university in the nation for 鈥渕aking an impact鈥
Princeton Review, 2023
Top 20
national public universities for excellence in undergraduate teaching
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
Honor Roll
Green College Honor Roll
Princeton Review, 2023
#16
Universities with the greatest social mobility
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
#5
best game/simulation development programs in the nation
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
Associations and honors
UC 青涩直播 Cruz is just one of five members of the prestigious Association of American Universities also designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution.
Faculty:
1 Nobel Prize winner
1 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences winner
2 National Academy of Engineering members
1 National Academy of Medicine member
1 Royal Society of Chemistry member
5 National Academy of Inventors fellows
15 members of the National Academy of Sciences
6 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellows
29 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
45 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Student:
1 Rhodes Scholar
Alumni:
9 winners of 11 Pulitzer Prizes
7 MacArthur 鈥榞enius鈥 Awards
Facts and figures
Enrollment, 2022鈥2023
Undergraduates: 16,938
Graduate Students: 1,896
Total: 18,834
Alumni
Total alumni: more than 140,000
Monterey Bay area alumni: 13,500
Undergraduate majors: 73
Graduate studies: 66 programs
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Locations
2,000-acre residential 青涩直播
Westside Research Park
Coastal Science Campus, located at the edge of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Silicon Valley Campus, extends the reach of UC 青涩直播 Cruz and is home to UCSC Extension
Excellence with impact (pdf)
Cost of attendance / Standard annual budgets
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Campus budget and statistics
For detailed information on the UC 青涩直播 Cruz budget and various statistics, please see: