Art History at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSB Art History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art History
• Master’s Degree in Art History

UCSB Art History Rankings

The art history major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art History. 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.

Art History Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Art History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of art history bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical art history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art history 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 art history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSB Art History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of art history master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in art history each year. UCSB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 84% more men than average.

Of the students who received a art history master's degree from UCSB, 100% 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 art history.

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

Related Majors

• Art Studies
• Fine Arts

Careers That Art History Grads May Go Into

A degree in art history 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
Curators	1,140	$67,650
Archivists	380	$72,240

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.