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Official Admissions Statistics 2008 - 2009
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 24,462 |
| Admitted | 19,846 |
| Acceptance rate | 81.1% |
| Yield rate | 18.7% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at University of California, Santa Cruz.
University of California, Santa Cruz's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 500 and 620
- Math: 520 and 630
- Writing: 500 and 620
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at University of California, Santa Cruz.
University of California, Santa Cruz's average composite ACT score falls between 21 and 27.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
| Major | Men | Women | Total |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 19 | 40 | 59 |
| Anthropology | 33 | 103 | 136 |
| Applied Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies, Other | 15 | 44 | 59 |
| Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 11 | 39 | 50 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 48 | 81 | 129 |
| Astronomy | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Astrophysics | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Bioinformatics | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other | 19 | 53 | 72 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 49 | 53 | 102 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 208 | 120 | 328 |
| Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology | 49 | 58 | 107 |
| Chemistry, General | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 22 | 72 | 94 |
| Computer & Information Sciences & Support Services, Other | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Computer & Information Sciences, General | 33 | 4 | 37 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| Ecology | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics, Other | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Economics, General | 53 | 31 | 84 |
| Economics, Other | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Education, General | 22 | 69 | 91 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| English Language & Literature/Letters, Other | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Environmental Studies | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Environmental Toxicology | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Film/Video & Photographic Arts, Other | 98 | 34 | 132 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Foreign Languages/Modern Languages, General | 14 | 40 | 54 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| German Studies | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| History, General | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Information Science/Studies | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| International Economics | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Italian Studies | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Legal Studies, General | 39 | 30 | 69 |
| Linguistics | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography | 35 | 55 | 90 |
| Mathematics, General | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Molecular Biochemistry | 31 | 8 | 39 |
| Music, General | 23 | 6 | 29 |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| Oceanography, Chemical & Physical | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Philosophy | 50 | 16 | 66 |
| Physics, General | 27 | 3 | 30 |
| Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Plant Sciences, General | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Political Science & Government, General | 73 | 55 | 128 |
| Psychology, General | 98 | 268 | 366 |
| Social Sciences, Other | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Sociology | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Web Page, Digital/Multimedia & Information Resources Design | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Women's Studies | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| Total | 1280 | 1516 | 2796 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 2911 |
| Reported Results | 644 |
| Accepted | 553 (86%) 86,14 |
| Rejected | 91 |
| Attending | 47 |
| Yield Rate | 9% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.20 | 3.50 | 3.72 |
| SAT I | 1710 | 1920 | 2075 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 532 | 664 | 773 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 2.90 | 3.13 | 3.36 |
| SAT I | 1545 | 1731 | 1920 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 441 | 546 | 648 |
Stats last calculated: Tuesday 15th of May 2012 07:00:05 PM
Newest applicant: 0 days, 2 hours, and 10 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2008 - 2009 academic year.
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