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University of California - Santa Barbara Overview

University of California - Santa Barbara is a public institution situated in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is University of California - Santa Barbara Known For?

7,054 Undergraduate Awards
$46,730 Avg Cost After Aid
26% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UCSB.
  • In a recent academic period88% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UCSB makes roughly $74,915 a year. This is 84% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average UCSB student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is University of California - Santa Barbara?

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Contact details for UCSB are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 5221 Cheadle Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: 805-893-8000
Website: www.ucsb.edu

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How Do I Get Into UCSB?

You can apply to UCSB online at: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for UCSB

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCSB?

26% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 26%, UCSB is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 23%, and the acceptance rate for women is 28%.

Can I Afford University of California - Santa Barbara?

$46,730 Net Price
23% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UCSB is $46,730. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UCSB, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $7,453 a year. That adds up to $29,812 over four years for those students.

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University of California - Santa Barbara Undergraduate Student Diversity

22,480 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 23,196 undergraduate students at UCSB, with 22,480 being full-time and 716 being part-time.

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There are also 2,983 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,480 full-time undergraduates at UCSB, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - Santa Barbara students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4,168
Black or African American 442
Hispanic or Latino 5,586
White 6,773
International Students 2,897
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,614

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - Santa Barbara. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 88 countries are represented at UCSB. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of California - Santa Barbara Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Economics 696 0 11 11 718
Sociology 692 0 8 4 704
Child Development & Psychology 650 0 6 13 669
Communication & Media Studies 620 0 5 4 629
Natural Resources Conservation 338 0 79 10 427
General Biology 391 0 0 0 391
Statistics 355 0 16 8 379
Political Science & Government 322 0 3 5 330
Physics 183 0 27 34 244
Computer Science 162 0 53 22 237
General English Literature 184 0 6 4 194
Applied Mathematics 184 0 0 0 184
General Education 0 74 96 13 183
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 174 0 2 2 178
History 159 0 2 7 168
International Studies 143 0 3 6 152
Chemistry 114 0 10 24 148
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 125 0 2 12 139
Fine & Studio Arts 122 0 8 6 136
Mathematics 123 0 5 2 130
Electrical Engineering 58 0 37 33 128
Anthropology 121 0 3 4 128
Philosophy 108 0 1 1 110
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 83 0 10 9 102
Ethnic Studies 95 0 2 3 100
Geography & Cartography 81 0 5 12 98
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 47 0 46 1 94
Mechanical Engineering 82 0 6 5 93
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 74 0 3 1 78
Geological & Earth Sciences 54 0 2 8 64
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 49 0 3 10 62
Pharmacology & Toxicology 62 0 0 0 62
Romance Languages 60 0 1 0 61
Computer Engineering 58 0 0 0 58
Chemical Engineering 41 0 2 9 52
Music 34 0 11 6 51
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 49 0 0 0 49
Drama & Theater Arts 33 0 2 5 40
Religious Studies 20 0 4 12 36
Materials Sciences 0 0 10 22 32
Data Science 0 0 31 0 31
Area Studies 27 0 3 0 30
Zoology 26 0 0 0 26
Other Psychology 0 4 10 9 23
Dance 19 0 0 0 19
East Asian Languages 12 0 0 2 14
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 6 5 11
Classical Languages & Literature 5 0 1 4 10
Germanic Languages 8 0 0 0 8
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 7 0 0 0 7
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 7 7
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1 1 0 0 2
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 1 1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 1 0 0 0 1
Liberal Arts General Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Medieval Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0 0
Communication Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 7,054 79 541 356 8,030

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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