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University of California - Santa Cruz

1156 High St
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

General information

(831) 459-0111

Type of institution:	Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid:	Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered:	Bachelor degrees, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificates, Masters degrees, Doctor's degrees
Carnegie classification:	Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students:	15,825 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:	$ 60

About this School

The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. Located 75 miles south of San Francisco in the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,000 acres of gently rolling, redwood-forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay. Founded in 1965, UCSC is the second newest University of California campus along with UC Irvine, which opened the same year.

History

Although the original founders had outlined their plans for the University in the 1930s, the opportunity did not present itself to realize their vision until the City of Santa Cruz made a bid to the University of California Regents in the mid-1950s to build a campus in the mountains outside town. The formal design of the Santa Cruz campus begun in the late 1950s and construction started in the early 1960s. The campus was intended to be a showcase for contemporary architecture. The first university structure on campus to be completed was Hahn Student Services Building. Not long after opening, a fire gutted the building, which was then rebuilt over the undamaged concrete sub-structure. Roads on campus are named after the UC Regents who voted in favor of building the campus. Clark Kerr Hall is named after the then-President of the University of California, who wanted to build a university as several Swarthmores (i.e., small liberal arts colleges) in close proximity to each other. When UCSC opened, student protests on college campuses across the United States were common. According to popular myth, the campus was designed on a decentralized plan, with no central quadrangle or central administrative buildings to serve as rallying points for protests. However, the architectural plans and layout for the campus were already completed by the early 1960's, so there is no truth to this supposition. According to the founding chancellor, Dean McHenry, the purpose of the college system was to combine the benefits of a major research university with the intimacy of a smaller college. A large and growing population of politically liberal UCSC alumni in Santa Cruz has helped to change the electorate of the town from predominantly Republican to markedly left-leaning, voting nearly three to one for Democrat John Kerry over Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Mike Rotkin, a UCSC alumnus, lecturer in Community Studies, and self-described 'socialist-feminist,' has been elected Mayor of Santa Cruz several times, and the City Council of Santa Cruz recently issued a proclamation opposing the USA PATRIOT Act. In January 2006, UCSC was the subject of an article in The New York Times discussing the school's opposition to military recruiters and allegations of spying on one of the campus's anti war groups. On June 24, 2006, Denice Denton, UCSC's ninth Chancellor, committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop deck of The Paramount high-rise apartment complex in San Francisco where her partner lived.

Tuition and Fees	2009-2008	2008-2007	2007-2006
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
In-State	$ 8,200	$ 7,646	$ 7,017
Out of State	$ 28,778	$ 25,718	$ 25,701
Books and Supplies	$ 1,356	$ 1,325	$ 1,395
On-Campus
Room and board	$ 13,038	$ 12,483	$ 11,805
Other Expenses	$ 3,354	$ 3,342	$ 2,328
Off Campus
Room and board	$ 9,675	$ 9,483	$ 8,712
Other Expenses	$ 4,176	$ 4,460	$ 3,063
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses	$ 8,853	$ 8,697	$ 3,465

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of Aid	Percentage of students receiving aid	Average amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship)	23%	$ 3,627
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship)	26%	$ 3,806
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship)	38%	$ 7,407
Loans to students	41%	$ 4,201

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