Applied Mathematics at University of California - Santa Barbara

If you are interested in studying applied mathematics, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Santa Barbara. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 168 students received a bachelor's degree in applied math from UCSB.

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

UCSB Applied Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Math
• Master’s Degree in Applied Math

UCSB Applied Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks applied math programs across the country. The following shows how UCSB performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The applied math major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Applied Mathematics. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	59
Best Value Applied Mathematics Schools	108
Most Focused Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	152

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in applied math from UCSB. This makes it the #138 most popular school for applied math master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCSB Applied Math Graduates

The median salary of applied math students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSB is $49,765. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $51,707 for all applied math students.

Applied Math Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of applied math bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical applied math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied math 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 applied math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	25
International Students	83
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UCSB Applied Mathematics Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in applied math from UCSB. About 100% were men and 0% were 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 applied math.

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

UCSB also has a doctoral program available in applied math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mathematics
• Statistics

Careers That Applied Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied math 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
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Financial Specialists	19,100	$80,720
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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.