71.2% / 84.1%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications66,374
Overall admit rate72.7%
In-state admit rate71.2%
Out-of-state admit rate84.1%
Enrolled4,596 · 9.5% yield
Admitted from waitlist2,648 of 9,881
#34
U.S. News & World Report
Top Performers on Social Mobility — National Universities
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Universities#3426
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Public Schools)#4726
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#4826
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#6326
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#8826
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#21126
NicheBest Colleges in America#42526
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Federal designationHispanic-Serving Institution47
Athletic conferenceCoast-To-Coast Athletic Conference2
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$80
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionDecember 1 → March 31 → May 1
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 2 Sci, 2 SciLab, 2 FL, 1 SS, 1 Hist
Admissions URLhttps://admission.universityofcalifornia…
Admissions emailadmissions@ucsc.edu
Admissions phone831 459-4008
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
University of Cali…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of California CA · Public38.2%—23K
University of California CA · Public28.6%—35K
University of California CA · Public44.4%—31K
University of California CA · Public86.1%—24K
California Polytechnic State University CA · Public30.0%133022K
San Jose State University CA · Public80.4%116029K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.