unitid 110714 · Santa Cruz, CA · public 4-year · city (small)
University of California-Santa Cruz
- enrollment 2023
- 21,109
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
66%
23rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
17,940
85th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
48th pctl among public 4-years
completion
75%
finish within 150% time
92nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$41,179
99th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,890
after aid, aided students
83rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$68,396
after entry, Title IV students
88th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$16,666
34th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,717 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k30%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $42,015
- First-generation students
- 37%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,005
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | 658 | $120,928 | $16,666 |
| Psychology, General. | 499 | $59,093 | $18,902 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 280 | $89,932 | $16,500 |
| Biology, General. | 215 | $70,452 | $20,703 |
| Sociology. | 192 | $56,389 | $16,500 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 178 | $79,429 | $19,000 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 175 | $41,829 | $17,491 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 173 | $45,511 | $16,439 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 167 | $60,229 | $18,500 |
| Economics. | 159 | $88,583 | $18,017 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 153 | $40,513 | $18,887 |
| Political Science and Government. | 141 | $63,776 | $16,782 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.