Computer Science at University of California - Santa Barbara

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at University of California - Santa Barbara stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UCSB Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

UCSB Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	33
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UCSB Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Barbara.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.