Economics at University of California - Santa Barbara

If you are interested in studying economics, 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 has a total student population of 26,179.

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

UCSB Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Master’s Degree in Economics

UCSB Economics Rankings

The economics major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics 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 economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	169
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	92
White	170
International Students	190
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

UCSB Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of economics 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 economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	723

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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.