Achievements, Facts, and Figures
National rankings
#1
in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership
2022 Women’s Power Gap Initiative
#2
Public university in the nation for “making an impactâ€
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
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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
16 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 ‘genius’ Awards
Facts and figures
Enrollment, 2022–2023
Undergraduates: 16,938
Graduate Students: 1,896
Total: 18,834
Alumni
Total alumni: more than 140,000
Monterey Bay area alumni: 13,500
Academics at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Cruz
Undergraduate majors: 73
Graduate studies: 66 programs
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Locations
2,000-acre residential campus
Westside Research Park
Coastal Science Campus, located at the edge of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Silicon Valley Campus, extends the reach of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Cruz budget and various statistics, please see: