UCSC Wait List Acceptance Rate

Wait List Acceptance Rate

For the application year 2024, the University of California, Santa Cruz's wait list acceptance rate stands at 21.69%, with 15,397 students offered a place on the wait list and 3,339 accepted. This marks a significant decrease compared to the prior year (2023), where the acceptance rate was 58.75% with 10,812 out of 18,398 offered spots. Historical data shows fluctuating acceptance rates, with the lowest at 8.69% for the application year 2022, and the highest at 58.75% in 2023. Notably, the acceptance rate spiked in 2020 to 53.81%, indicating considerable variability in the wait list process at UCSC.