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Anthropology at University of California - Santa Barbara

Anthropology at University of California - Santa Barbara

If you plan to study anthropology, 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 Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

UCSB Anthropology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
  • Master’s Degree in Anthropology

UCSB Anthropology Rankings

The anthropology major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in anthropology, making the school the #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Anthropology Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 51
White 46
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

UCSB Anthropology Master’s Program

67% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of anthropology master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Of the students who received a anthropology master's degree from UCSB, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 anthropology.

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

Concentrations Within Anthropology

The following anthropology concentations are available at University of California - Santa Barbara. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Barbara. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Anthropology 157

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists 1,420 $67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors 550 $115,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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