What is U.C. Santa Cruz best known for?

Perhaps that is one of the reasons why UC Santa Cruz was recently ranked fourth in the world for research influence by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and why U.S. News & World Report rated us as the second highest-ranked public university among top best value universities. read more

UCSC is kind of a hodgepodge, just like Santa Cruz itself. A lot like many college towns, the college students and college graduates represent the liberal side of the city, whereas some of the older townspeople provide a more conservative establishment, at least historically. read more