The main focus area for this major is Computer Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Science is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at University of California - Santa Cruz. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in compsci, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UC Santa Cruz was ranked #79 on College Factual's Best Schools for compsci list. It is also ranked #10 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UC Santa Cruz.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $2,583 | $2,583 |
Books and Supplies | $1,162 | $1,162 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,866 | $18,866 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,084 | $5,084 |
Learn more about UC Santa Cruz tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. CompSci students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Santa Cruz took out an average of $18,200 in student loans. That is 21% lower than the national average of $22,937.
compsci who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz make an average of $65,585 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $66,348.
UC Santa Cruz does not offer an online option for its compsci bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Santa Cruz Online Learning page.
About 19.5% of the students who received their BS in compsci in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 20.6%.
Around 60.0% of compsci bachelor’s degree recipients at UC Santa Cruz in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 280 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 67 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 181 |
International Students | 67 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 65 |
Computer Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Computer Science | 667 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to computer science.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Information Technology | 143 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.