Women’s Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara

If you plan to study women's studies, take a look at what University of California - Santa Barbara has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Women's Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UCSB Women’s Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies
• Master’s Degree in Women’s Studies

UCSB Women’s Studies Rankings

The women's studies major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Women's Studies. 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.

Women's Studies Student Demographics at UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the women’s studies majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of women's studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. The typical women's studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its women's studies 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 women's studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCSB Women’s Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of women's studies master's degrees went to men and 100% 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 women's studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• African American Studies
• Asian-American Studies
• Latino Studies

Careers That Women’s Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in women's studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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.