The University of California, Santa Cruz had an international acceptance rate of 64.9% for the application year 2024, with 9,857 of the 15,181 applicants being accepted. This marks a significant increase from the previous year's acceptance rate of 60.0%, where 8,888 out of 14,800 applicants were admitted. Historical data from 2022 and earlier is unavailable, but the upward trend in acceptance rates over the last year indicates a growing openness to international students at UCSC.