{"id":294,"date":"2023-05-01T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/?page_id=294"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:33:31","slug":"achievements-facts-and-figures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/about\/achievements-facts-and-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements, Facts, and Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Achievements, Facts, and Figures<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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National rankings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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#1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Power Gap Initiative<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alternative Ivies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Town & Country<\/a><\/em>, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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#34<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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among national universities in advancing social mobility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

U.S. News and World Report<\/a><\/em>, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honor Roll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green College Honor Roll<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Princeton Review<\/em>, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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America’s best colleges for research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Washington Monthly<\/a><\/em>, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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#5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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best game\/simulation development programs in the nation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

U.S. News and World Report<\/em>, <\/em><\/em>2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Associations and honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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UC Santa Cruz is just one of five members of the prestigious Association of American Universities also designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Nobel Prize winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakthrough Prize winners:
\u2022 1 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
\u2022 2 early-career New Horizons in Physics Prizes
\u2022 17 recipients of 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 National Academy of Engineering members <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 National Academy of Medicine member <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Royal Society of Chemistry member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 National Academy of Inventors fellows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17 members of the National Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellows <\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

49 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Rhodes Scholar <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 winners of 13 Pulitzer Prizes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 MacArthur \u2018genius\u2019 Awards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prestigious honors<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, students, and alumni drive pioneering research, service, and scholarship, earning top honors. These awards reflect their commitment to bold ideas, social and environmental justice, and transformative innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These honors include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Academy of Arts and Sciences members<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Academy of Sciences members<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pulitzer Prize recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endowed chairs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Facts and figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enrollment, 2024\u20132025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduates: 17,366
Graduate Students: 1,888
Total: 19,254<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total alumni: more than 160,000
Monterey Bay area alumni: 13,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academics at UC Santa Cruz<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate majors: 74
Graduate studies: 66 programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mascot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sammy the Slug<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2,000-acre residential campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westside Research Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastal Science Campus, located at the edge of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silicon Valley Campus, extends the reach of UC Santa Cruz and is home to UCSC Extension<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excellence with impact (pdf)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cost of attendance \/ Standard annual budgets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Undergraduate students<\/a>
\u2022 Graduate students<\/a>
\u2022 Financial Aid and Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campus annual report, budget, and statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n