	University of California-Santa Cruz 2016 University Academic Rankings
The University of California, Santa Cruz (also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC), is a public, collegiate research university and one of 10 campuses in the University of California system. Located 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco at the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay. Founded in 1965, UC Santa Cruz is considered a Public Ivy institution. It began as a showcase for progressive, cross-disciplinary undergraduate education, innovative teaching methods and contemporary architecture. Since then, it has evolved into a modern research university with a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate programs, while retaining its reputation for strong undergraduate support and student political activism. The residential college system, which consists of ten small colleges, is intended to combine the student support of a small college with the resources of a major university. History Although some of the original founders had already outlined plans for an institution like UCSC as early as the 1930s, the opportunity to realize their vision did not present itself until the City of Santa Cruz made a bid to the University of California Regents in the mid-1950s to build a campus just outside town, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Santa Cruz site was selected over a competing proposal to build the campus closer to the population center of San Jose. Santa Cruz was selected for the beauty, rather than the practicality, of its location, however, and its remoteness led to the decision to develop a residential college system that would house most of the students on-campus. The formal design process of the Santa Cruz campus began in the late 1950s, culminating in the Long Range Development Plan of 1963. Construction had started by 1964, and the university was able to accommodate its first students (albeit living in trailers on what is now the East Field athletic area) in 1965. The campus was intended to be a showcase for contemporary architecture, progressive teaching methods, and undergraduate research. According to founding chancellor Dean McHenry, the purpose of the distributed college system was to combine the benefits of a major research university with the intimacy of a smaller college. UC President Clark Kerr shared a passion with former Stanford roommate McHenry to build a university modeled as "several Swarthmores" (i.e., small liberal arts colleges) in close proximity to each other. Roads on campus were named after UC Regents who voted in favor of building the campus. Impact on Santa Cruz Although the city of Santa Cruz already exhibited a strong conservation ethic before the founding of the university, the coincidental rise of the counterculture of the 1960s with the university's establishment fundamentally altered its subsequent development. Early student and faculty activism at UCSC pioneered an approach to environmentalism that greatly impacted the industrial development of the surrounding area. The lowering of the voting age to 18 in 1971 led to the emergence of a powerful student-voting bloc. A large and growing population of politically liberal UCSC alumni changed the electorate of the town from predominantly Republican to markedly left-leaning, consistently voting against expansion measures on the part of both town and gown. Expansion plans Plans for increasing enrollment to 19,500 students and adding 1,500 faculty and staff by 2020, and the anticipated environmental impacts of such action, encountered opposition from the city, the local community, and the student body. City voters in 2006 passed two measures calling on UCSC to pay for the impacts of campus growth. A Santa Cruz Superior Court ... [more on wikipedia]

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University of California Details

University of California Details
detail	value
state	California
conference	Division III Independents
public	Public
scores	1635/1090/25
level	Average
rank	[157
overall ROI rank	[208
size	medium
undergrads	16277
grads	1589
price	57104
drop	24
stem	23
research	152
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for University of California-Santa Cruz?

1. number 157 for Academics.

2. number 208 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to University of California-Santa Cruz?

1. California State University-Chico

2. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

3. SUNY at Albany

4. University of New Hampshire

5. Kennesaw State University

6. Washington State University

7. University of Vermont

National Academic Rankings

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University of California National Academic Rankings

University of California National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	157	235	210	177	167	36	70	229	208
Public	69	93	76	88	80	16	42	93	89
West Coast Region	21	49	37	24	27	10	13	56	33
State of California	20	34	26	21	22	9	10	35	26
Top Ten Top250	157	235	210	177	167	36	70	229	208

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93.25	California State University-Chico	California	California Collegiate Athletic...	Public	Average	392	409
93.05	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt Conference	Public	Average	350	248
91.96	SUNY at Albany	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Average	188	218
91.92	University of New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Average	221	225
91.27	Kennesaw State University	Georgia	Atlantic Sun Conference	Public	Average	290	291
91.21	Washington State University	Washington	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	189	193
91.17	University of Vermont	Vermont	America East	Public	AboveAverage	136	191
91.15	South Dakota State University	South Dakota	Missouri Valley Conference / T...	Public	Average	354	263
86.59	University of Toledo	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	405	285
86.56	Mississippi State University	Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	130
86.54	University of Louisville	Kentucky	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Average	258	224
86.46	CUNY Queens College	New York	East Coast Conference	Public	Average	307	400
86.45	Sam Houston State University	Texas	Southland Conference	Public	Average	472	383
86.44	University of Nevada-Reno	Nevada	Mountain West Conference	Public	Average	289	340
86.41	Oakland University	Michigan	Horizon League	Public	Average	417	270
86.36	University of Memphis	Tennessee	American Athletic Conference	Public	Average	359	314
86.32	Northern Illinois University	Illinois	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	435	289
86.03	Georgia Southern University	Georgia	Sun Belt Conference	Public	Average	254	236
85.98	Illinois State University	Illinois	Missouri Valley Conference	Public	Average	279	222
85.92	Eastern Michigan University	Michigan	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	445	385
85.78	University of California-Riverside	California	Big West Conference	Public	Average	167	212
85.77	Towson University	Maryland	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Average	264	365
85.61	Boise State University	Idaho	Mountain West Conference	Public	Average	389	329
85.57	University of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Average	270	328
85.51	University of Akron Main Campus	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	331	251
85.39	Old Dominion University	Virginia	Conference USA	Public	Average	356	368
85.36	Middle Tennessee State University	Tennessee	Conference USA	Public	Average	384	372
85.34	Kansas State University	Kansas	Big Twelve Conference	Public	Average	249	168
85.31	University of North Carolina Wilmington	North Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	221	228
85.18	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma	Big Twelve Conference	Public	Average	182	124
85.01	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Nebraska	The Summit League	Public	Average	491	364
84.98	University of New Mexico	New Mexico	Mountain West Conference	Public	Average	265	153
84.97	North Dakota State University	North Dakota	Missouri Valley Conference / T...	Public	Average	261	196
84.92	University of Southern Mississippi	Mississippi	Conference USA	Public	Average	493	423
84.91	Wichita State University	Kansas	Missouri Valley Conference	Public	Average	382	307
84.88	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	North Carolina	Division I-AA Independents / C...	Public	Average	292	207
84.88	East Carolina University	North Carolina	American Athletic Conference	Public	Average	312	325
84.84	Cleveland State University	Ohio	Horizon League	Public	Average	440	299
84.82	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	Indiana	The Summit League	Public	Average	427	342
84.81	West Virginia University	West Virginia	Big Twelve Conference	Public	Average	320	192
84.78	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama	Conference USA	Public	AboveAverage	153	148
84.73	University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Big Sky Conference	Public	Average	363	266
84.65	Kent State University at Kent	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	347	358
84.60	Ohio University	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Average	215	174
84.22	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Tennessee	Southern Conference	Public	Average	434	464
84.09	University of Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota	Northern Sun Intercollegiate C...	Public	Average	464	346
83.94	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Average	451	347
83.83	University of Maine	Maine	Atlantic 10 Conference / Ameri...	Public	Average	248	245
83.29	University of Arizona	Arizona	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	124	86
82.96	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Louisiana	Sun Belt Conference	Public	Average	485	352

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98.70	Oregon State University	Oregon	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	152	202
96.60	University of Arizona	Arizona	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	124	86
96.20	University of Kentucky	Kentucky	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	159	130
95.46	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	148	88
95.38	Florida International University	Florida	Conference USA	Public	Average	163	170
95.20	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois	Horizon League	Public	AboveAverage	159	111
94.06	George Mason University	Virginia	Atlantic 10 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	156	143
93.61	Big West Conference (Average)	-	Big West Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	202
93.51	Southeastern Conference (Low)	-	Southeastern Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	115
92.97	University of Missouri-Kansas City	Missouri	Western Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	155
92.06	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Oklahoma	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	137	54
90.51	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Alabama	Gulf South Conference	Public	AboveAverage	181	103
89.70	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama	Conference USA	Public	AboveAverage	153	148
89.67	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	Puerto Rico	Independent Southeast Region	Public	AboveAverage	176	232
88.41	West Coast Conference (Average)	-	West Coast Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	155
87.49	Big East Conference (Average)	-	Big East Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	144
85.84	Patriot League (Low)	-	Patriot League	-Conf-	Good	-	84
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82.68	Division I Independents (Average)	-	Division I Independents	-Conf-	Excellent	-	59
82.50	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Indiana	Heartland Collegiate Athletic ...	Private	Excellent	159	60
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79.34	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
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