Today's UCSC Students:
WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING, WHAT
THEY WANT FROM COLLEGE AND LIFE
Numbers offer
just one view of UCSC's current student body. Certainly, there are more
enrolled than ever--10,638 this past fall. More importantly, individual
distinction continues to characterize the students who choose UC Santa Cruz.
Among this year's new students, for example, are 48 Regents Scholars, high
school graduates whose academic excellence qualified them for the University
of California's most prestigious scholarship. But statistics can't tell
the best part of the story. Like their predecessors, today's UC Santa Cruz
students are passionate, energetic, and--above all--eager to use their UCSC
education to make a difference in the world. In this issue, we profile
10 current students who are
preparing to do just that.
Undergraduates majoring in the social sciences 36%
Undergraduates from southern California 34%
Undergraduates who studied abroad during 199697 226
Current students who are women 59%
Acceptance rate of UCSC students into graduate and
professional programs 93%
Undergraduates majoring in the arts 13%
Students receiving some form of financial aid 65%
Undergraduates majoring in the humanities 19%
Re-entry undergraduates age 25 or over 900
Students who live on campus 45%
NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports teams 6
Undergraduates majoring in the natural sciences
and engineering 31%
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