UC Santa Cruz's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of California-Santa Cruz students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of California-Santa Cruz students is 78.1%. Female students graduated at a rate of 79.9%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 76.1%.

78.1%

asian 84.8% 739 students
African American 59.0% 36 students
white 77.6% 850 students
unknown 84.5% 49 students
hawaiian 72.7% 8 students
hispanic 73.8% 706 students
International Students 75.6% 198 students
Mixed Race 78.9% 228 students

Drop Out

University of California-Santa Cruz has an overall drop-out rate of 15.6% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 17.5% and 13.9% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

15.6%

asian 10.2% 89 students
African American 32.8% 20 students
white 14.5% 159 students
unknown 8.6% 5 students
hawaiian 27.3% 3 students
hispanic 19.4% 185 students
International Students 20.6% 54 students
Mixed Race 16.3% 47 students

Transferred Out

Students transfer out of University of California-Santa Cruz at a rate of 5.1% yearly. As of 2015,female students' transfer rate was 5.5%, and male students' 4.7%

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

5.1%

asian 3.6% 31 students
African American 4.9% 3 students
white 7.1% 78 students
unknown 5.2% 3 students
hispanic 5.4% 52 students
International Students 2.7% 7 students
Mixed Race 3.5% 10 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

1.2%

asian 1.4% 12 students
African American 3.3% 2 students
white 0.8% 9 students
hispanic 1.4% 13 students
International Students 1.2% 3 students
Mixed Race 1.4% 4 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Engineering	$75,207	$79,150	$93,848
Computer Science	$63,040	$63,530	$85,557
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$66,378	$69,338	$82,012
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	$54,725	$60,185	$70,114
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$53,515	$48,823	$68,276
Mathematics	$30,252	$31,941	$65,929
Business/Managerial Economics	$46,826	$51,607	$61,441
Chemistry	$38,243	$36,938	$54,748
Economics	$41,483	$44,356	$52,113
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$36,107	$39,009	$49,323
Political Science and Government	$29,390	$34,704	$46,666
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$23,543	$33,459	$46,633
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)	$36,945	$34,704	$46,253
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$34,270	$33,043	$45,383
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$28,054	$29,913	$41,120
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$29,282	$28,598	$40,339
Biology, General	$29,134	$31,133	$39,915
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$38,972	$35,060	$39,274
Sociology	$27,765	$29,141	$39,073
Cognitive Science	$33,286	$30,228	$38,747
Community Organization and Advocacy	$29,789	$28,236	$38,744
Psychology, General	$27,446	$28,393	$38,256
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$23,717	$24,832	$31,187
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$26,448	$24,351	$30,908
Anthropology	$27,008	$27,667	$30,436
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$20,333	$21,166	$30,335
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$24,155	$23,508	$30,107
History	$24,560	$25,452	$29,869
Fine and Studio Arts	$23,275	$22,705	$28,412
Philosophy	$28,735	$24,421	$28,235
Physics	$36,552	NA	NA
Design and Applied Arts	$31,645	NA	NA
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	NA	$47,260	NA
Music	NA	$26,353	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$29,436	$20,140	NA
Plant Sciences	$29,179	$26,353	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Economics	NA	$61,516	$62,051
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	$53,511	$54,894	$57,162
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$21,508	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$29,593	NA

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