Major Demand Trends
Visualization Display: When filtering this visualization to groups of less than 5, the data will not be displayed.
Major Count: Double and triple majors are counted once for each major. Total count of majors exceeds the total number of students. Students in shared majors are split evenly between the departments administering them (e.g., a Biology major is counted as .5 in both the EEB and MCDB departments).
Major Fraction: Double and triple majors are counted as .5 and .3 in each of their majors respectively. Students in shared majors are split evenly between the departments administering them (e.g., a Biology major is counted as .5 in both the EEB and MCDB departments).
First-Generation Status: First generation status is only available for degree seeking undergraduates — data is not available for graduate and non-degree seeking students. An undergraduate student is considered first-generation if neither parent earned a four-year college degree. When the educational status of only one parent is available, an undergraduate student is considered first-generation if the parent did not earn a four-year degree. If an undergraduate student has no parental education status information available, they are considered unknown/other.
Pell Grant: A Pell Grant recipient is any student who received a Pell Grant, a federal need-based grant awarded to low-income students for the purpose of obtaining a college degree, at any time while attending UCSC.
Underrepresented Group: Underrepresented Groups (URG) include students who self-identify as African American / Black, American Indian / Alaskan Native, and/or Hispanic / Latino.
EOP: The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) provides assistance through mentorship, academic programs, financial assistance, counseling/advising, and other campus support services to those who are first-generation college students, and/or from low-income and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. More information is available via the UCSC EOP Site.
Class Level: Undergraduate student class level is determined by the number of credits completed as of the 3rd week of a given term, not by the number of years in attendance. Students advance from freshman to sophomore level when they have passed 44.9 credits, from sophomore to junior standing when they have passed 89.9 credits, from junior to senior standing when they have passed 134.9 credits. Graduate student class level is based on degree objective.
