Graduate Programs at University of California-Santa Cruz

Graduate School Overview

University of California-Santa Cruz (referred to as UC Santa Cruz) is a Public, 4 years school located in Santa Cruz, CA.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (1/31/1965 - Current).

UC Santa Cruz Directory Information
School Name	University of California-Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz)
Address	1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1011
Phone	831-459-0111
Web	https://www.ucsc.edu
Online Application	https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Financial Info	https://financialaid.ucsc.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UC Santa Cruz is $14,855 for California residents and $29,957 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,976 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 19,478 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 165 graduate programs through Master's and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$29,957 $14,855 for California Residents
Student Population	1,976
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	165 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	23 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UC Santa Cruz is $14,855 for California residents and $29,957 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023.

UC Santa Cruz offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
California Residents	$14,855
Out-of-State	$29,957
California Residents	$0
Out-of-State	$0

UC Santa Cruz offers the distance learning courses, but students may be required to attend/visit regular classes to complete their degree/programs.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of California-Santa Cruz is $14,855 for California residents and $29,957 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.19% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,442	$2,335	$26,544	$2,335
2019-2020	$11,442	$2,366	$26,544	$2,366
2020-2021	$11,442	$2,408	$26,544	$2,408
2021-2022	$11,442	$2,453	$26,544	$2,453
2022-2023	$11,700	$2,513	$26,802	$2,513
2023-2024	$12,264	$2,591	$27,366	$2,591

The graduate school tuition & fees of UC Santa Cruz is expensive compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the California graduate tuition is $21,930 (public) / $24,536 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of California-Santa Cruz	$14,855	$29,957
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
California Graduate Schools	$19,839	$23,084
Public	$11,723	$21,930
Private	$24,536

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $25,049 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UC Santa Cruz.

On-campus living costs are increased by 5.00% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $22,961. Off-campus living costs are increased by 7.82% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$16,448	$4,720	$12,757	$5,102
2019-2020	$16,951	$5,270	$13,216	$5,442
2020-2021	$18,866	$5,084	$14,453	$5,602
2021-2022	$17,429	$5,179	$15,135	$5,722
2022-2023	$18,185	$5,083	$15,653	$5,643
2023-2024	$18,785	$5,646	$16,697	$6,264

Graduate Programs at UC Santa Cruz

University of California-Santa Cruz offers 92 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 557 students have completed their study at University of California-Santa Cruz.

Offered Degrees at University of California-Santa Cruz
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	53	357
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	39	200
Total	92	557

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of California-Santa Cruz by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other) program with 62 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Chemistry program with 16 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at University of California-Santa Cruz
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	62	-
Computer Science	✕	37	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	30	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	27	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	25	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of California-Santa Cruz
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Chemistry	✕	16	-
Computer Engineering	✕	13	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Bioinformatics	✕	12	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	11	-

University of California-Santa Cruz offers 92 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 557 students have completed their graduate studies.

357 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Doctorate (Research)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	4	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	9	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	2	-
Women's Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Technical and Scientific Communication	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	92 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Artificial Intelligence	✕	20	-
Computer Science	✕	37	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	30	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	62 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	62	-
Engineering [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	12	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	25	-
Systems Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	1	-
Comparative Literature	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	3	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	7	-
Bioinformatics	✕	-	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	14	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	3	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	5	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Cognitive Science	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	4	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	3	-
Physics	✕	10	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Psychology	✕	8	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Applied Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	27	-
International Economics	✕	-	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	-
Documentary Production	✕	7	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (other)	✕	1	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	8	-
Music	✕	-	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	-	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	357

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	3	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	3	-
Women's Studies	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	13	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	6	-
Systems Engineering	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	3	-
Comparative Literature	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	11	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	4	-
Bioinformatics	✕	12	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	6	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	2	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	8	-
Chemistry	✕	16	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	5	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	11	-
International Economics	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (other)	✕	8	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	2	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	200

Graduate Student Population at UC Santa Cruz

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,976 students enrolled into University of California-Santa Cruz graduate schools where it has total 19,478 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,918 full-time and 58 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,043 male and 933 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,976	1,043	933
Full-time	1,918	1,008	910
Part-tme	58	35	23

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 722 White (36.54%), 32 Black/African American (1.62%), 261 Hispanic (13.21%), 183 Asian (9.26%), and 778 students with other races. 629 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,976	1,043	933
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	183	96	87
Black/African American	32	18	14
Hispanic	261	124	137
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	722	369	353
Two More	97	44	53
Un-Known	49	29	20
Non-resident Alien	629	362	267

University of California-Santa Cruz offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1 graduate students (0.05% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 64 graduate students (3.24% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,976
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1
Enrolled Some Online Courses	64
Not in Online Courses	1,911

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of California-Santa Cruz. 502 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.40% of total students), 33 students are aged above 50 (1.67%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of California-Santa Cruz.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,976	1,043	933
Age 20-21	49	27	22
Age 22-24	453	268	185
Age 25-29	792	390	402
Age 30-34	400	219	181
Age 35-39	168	84	84
Age 40-49	81	40	41
Age 50-64	30	12	18
Over 64	3	3	0

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