by our College Data Analytics TeamSocial Sciences is a program of study at University of California - Santa Cruz. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in social sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UC Santa Cruz was ranked #244 on College Factual's Best Schools for social sciences list. It is also ranked #31 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UC Santa Cruz.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Online degrees for the UC Santa Cruz social sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Santa Cruz Online Learning page.
Women made up around 60.1% of the social sciences students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 54.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in social sciences at UC Santa Cruz in 2019-2020, 63.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 100 |
| Black or African American | 17 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 281 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 211 |
| International Students | 41 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 70 |
Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 140 |
| Archeology | 3 |
| Economics | 165 |
| Political Science & Government | 163 |
| Sociology | 251 |
*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.
