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    Information Summary

    Ranks 163rd for total enrollment

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    Surrounding communityMidsize suburb (inside urban area but outside city, pop. between 100,000 to 250,000)
    Highest offeringDoctoral degree
    Full-time Enrollment20,275
    Total Enrollment21,016
    Calendar SystemQuarter
    Years of college work requiredN/A
    Variable TuitionYes
    Application Fee RequiredYes
    Undergraduate Application Fee$60
    Graduate Application Fee$60
    First Professional Application FeeN/A

    Carnegie Foundation Classification

    Research Universities (very high research activity)

    UndergraduateArts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence
    GraduateComprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)
    Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
    EnrollmentHigh undergraduate
    Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily residential

    Student Tuition Costs and Fees

    What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of California-Santa Barbara?

    Ranks 137th for total cost of attendance

      In District In State Out of State
    FT Undergraduate Tuition N/A N/A $18,168
    FT Undergraduate Required Fees $7,010 $7,010 $7,526
    PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour N/A N/A N/A
    FT Graduate Tuition N/A N/A $14,694
    FT Graduate Required Fees $7,535 $7,535 $7,802
    PT Graduate per Credit Hour N/A N/A N/A
    Total Cost of attendance — On-Campus $22,599 $22,599 $41,283
    Total Cost of attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $21,103 $21,103 $39,787
    Total Cost of attendance — Off-Campus with Family $11,950 $11,950 $30,634

    Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

    Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

      In District In State Out of State
    Published Tuition & Fees $6,496 trend  $7,010 $6,496 trend  $7,010 $23,452 trend  $25,694
      Cost (regardless of residency)
    Books & Supplies $1,406 trend  $1,505
    On-Campus – Room & Board $10,191 trend  $11,493
    On-Campus – Other Expenses $2,441 trend  $2,591
    Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $8,746 trend  $9,339
    Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $3,055 trend  $3,249
    Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $3,229 trend  $3,435

    Admission Details

    Applicants 37,522 (16,323 male / 21,199 female)
    Admitted 19,821 (8,216 male / 11,605 female)
    Admission rate 53%
    First-time Enrollment 3,828 (1,656 male / 2,172 female)
    FT Enrollment 3,798 (1,640 male / 2,158 female)
    PT Enrollment 30 (16 male / 14 female)

    Admission Criteria

    What criteria does University of California-Santa Barbara use for admissions?

    Required = Required, Recommended = Recommended, Neither required nor recommended = Neither required nor recommended
    Open AdmissionsNo
    Secondary School GPA / Rank / RecordRequired / N/A / Required
    College Prep. CompletionRequired
    RecommendationsN/A
    Formal competency demoN/A
    Admission test scoresRequired
    TOEFLRequired
    Other testsN/A

    Special Learning Opportunities

    Distance LearningYes
    ROTC — Army / Navy / Airforce YesYes / No / No
    Study AbroadYes
    Weekend CollegeNo
    Teacher CertificationYes

    Athletics - Association Memberships

    Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
    NCAA / NAIA Basketball Conference Big West Conference
    NCAA / NAIA Baseball Conference Big West Conference
    NCAA / NAIA Track & Field Conference Big West Conference

    Admission Credits Accepted

    What types of credits does University of California-Santa Barbara accept?

    Dual CreditYes
    Life ExperienceNo
    Advanced Placement (AP)Yes

    ACT Test Admission

    Rank 177th for 75pctl scores

    Applicants submitting ACT results 33%
    Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 21 / 28
    Math scores (25/75 %ile) 22 / 28
    Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 22 / 28

    SAT Test Admission

    Rank 179th for 75pctl scores

    Applicants submitting SAT results 98%
    Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 530 / 650
    Math scores (25/75 %ile) 550 / 670
    Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1080 / 1320

    Student Services

    Remedial ServicesNo
    Academic / Career CounselingYes
    PT Cost-defraying EmploymentYes
    Career PlacementYes
    On-Campus Day CareYes
    Library FacilityYes

    Student Living

    First-time Room / Board RequiredNo
    Dorm Capacity5,897
    Meals per Week19
    Room FeeN/A
    Board FeeN/A

    Student Financial Aid Details

    How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

    University of California-Santa Barbara ranks 1830th for the average student loan amount.

      Average Users % of Attendees
    Federal Grant Aid $3,052 1,005 pie   26%
    State & Local Grant Aid $3,043 1,738 pie   45%
    Institutional Grant Aid $6,990 1,347 pie   35%
    Student Loan Aid $4,372 1,539 pie   40%
    Any financial aid type   2,394 pie   62%

    Student Enrollment Demographics

    How many students are enrolled at University of California-Santa Barbara?

      Men Women Total
    Non Resident Alien
    526278804
    Black Non-Hispanic
    209334543
    Hispanic
    1,3892,0223,411
    Asian / Pacific Islander
    1,4171,7383,155
    American Indian / Alaskan Native
    5795152
    White Non-Hispanic
    4,9715,72510,696
    Race Unknown
    1,1521,1032,255
    Total 9,721 11,295 21,016

    Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

    How many students complete University of California-Santa Barbara?

      Non Resident Alien Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian / Pacific Islander American Indian / Alaskan Native White Non-Hispanic Race Unknown Total
    African-American/Black Studies 18 1 2 3 24
    Ancient Studies/Civilization 1 1
    Anthropology 2 3 23 9 70 13 120
    Applied Mathematics 1 1 2
    Applied Mathematics, Other 1 4 2 10 1 18
    Aquatic Biology/Limnology 5 4 37 6 52
    Area Studies, Other 1 13 6 1 21
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2 2 11 14 51 7 87
    Asian Studies/Civilization 1 1 11 5 1 19
    Asian-American Studies 26 4 30
    Biochemistry 2 1 6 9 25 3 46
    Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 2 1 2 5 13 1 24
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General 6 20 46 2 88 18 180
    Business/Managerial Economics 42 6 69 121 6 251 57 552
    Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other 2 3 9 1 31 6 52
    Chemical Engineering 12 1 8 35 5 61
    Chemistry, General 5 1 5 12 27 12 62
    Chinese Language and Literature 3 1 4
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 8 5 15
    Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 3 6 24 36 4 176 30 279
    Comparative Literature 6 1 1 2 2 12
    Computer Engineering, General 2 2 5 18 22 3 52
    Computer Science 33 2 3 18 1 35 24 116
    Dance, General 1 2 2 12 2 19
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 1 2 11 2 40 6 62
    Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other 3 2 1 22 1 29
    Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 3 2 5
    Economics, General 7 5 15 18 4 49
    Education, General 6 2 23 13 1 74 55 174
    Educational Leadership and Administration, General 2 2 4
    Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 58 1 3 32 2 46 21 163
    English Language and Literature, General 1 36 21 2 141 32 233
    Environmental Biology 1 1
    Environmental Science 7 1 5 29 27 69
    Environmental Studies 1 4 4 2 61 18 90
    Film/Cinema Studies 2 6 16 26 3 100 15 168
    Fine/Studio Arts, General 2 6 15 39 14 76
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 1 1 2 4
    French Language and Literature 1 2 3 17 8 31
    Geography 3 7 3 2 57 23 95
    Geology/Earth Science, General 1 3 1 14 2 21
    Geophysics and Seismology 1 5 3 9
    Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 1 5 1 8
    Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 27 1 28
    History, General 1 3 23 15 3 116 24 185
    History, Other 2 1 4 7
    Hydrology and Water Resources Science 1 3 1 5
    International/Global Studies 1 6 39 43 7 153 29 278
    Italian Studies 2 4 1 7
    Japanese Language and Literature 1 1 2 7 3 14
    Legal Studies, General 10 34 31 2 105 18 200
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 1 1 9 8 52 10 81
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 2 1 1 3 12 5 24
    Linguistics 4 1 6 8 11 4 34
    Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 6 3 9
    Materials Science 9 2 13 4 28
    Mathematics, General 5 12 10 1 32 12 72
    Mechanical Engineering 14 1 13 15 1 48 17 109
    Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 2 3
    Microbiology, General 2 1 1 1 8 2 15
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 4 1 1 2 6 14
    Music, General 2 1 3 4 20 6 36
    Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1 3 4
    Pharmacology 3 8 13 24
    Philosophy 3 2 8 4 50 17 84
    Physics, General 8 2 5 31 9 55
    Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology 1 1 6 11 42 6 67
    Physiology, General 8 8
    Political Science and Government, General 4 6 49 17 4 129 44 253
    Portuguese Language and Literature 1 2 3
    Psychology, General 2 9 49 38 2 238 27 365
    Psychology, Other 1 1 2 4 4 12
    Religion/Religious Studies 2 5 6 37 14 64
    Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 1 1
    Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 4 1 5
    Sociology 1 20 117 51 3 215 51 458
    Spanish Language and Literature 2 49 2 19 6 78
    Statistics, General 12 1 2 6 11 2 34
    Women's Studies 2 3 1 10 2 18
    Zoology/Animal Biology 6 1 1 14 1 23
    Total 272 135 803 797 56 3,011 770 5,844

    Faculty Compensation / Salaries

    University of California-Santa Barbara ranks 73rd for the average full-time faculty salary.

    Tenure system Yes
    Average FT Salary $91,217 ($97,440 male / $76,902 female)
    Number of FT Faculty 891 (621 male / 270 female)
    Total Benefits $12,174,402

    University of California-Santa Barbara Academics

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    There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load and Tutoring. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. University of California: Santa Barbara is unique in its study options. An instance of this, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester.

    The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of California: Santa Barbara.

    School of Visual and Performing Arts:
    Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Arts – General, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Film Production/Cinematography, Film Studies, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General
    Physical Sciences:
    Chemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Physics
    Multiple or Interdisciplinary:
    Biological/Physical Sciences, Biopsychology, Global Studies, Medieval/Renaissance Studies
    Health and Clinical Sciences:
    Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology
    Computer Science:
    Computer/Information Sciences – General
    Social Sciences:
    Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology
    Philosphy and Religion:
    Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies
    Foreign Language and Literature:
    Chinese, Classics, Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, Portuguese, Russian, Slavic, Spanish
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
    Aquatic Biology/Limnology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology, Cellular Biology/Histology, Ecology, Marine/Aquatic Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Zoology
    English Language and Literature:
    English
    Popular majors:
    twenty-one percent social sciences, eleven percent business per marketing, ten percent interdisciplinary studies, eight percent visual and performing arts, seven percent biology, seven percent psychology, five percent communication technologies, five percent english, five percent foreign languages and literature, five percent law
    Psychology:
    Psychology – General
    Mathematics:
    Mathematics – General, Statistics
    Business, Management, & Marketing:
    Business/Managerial Economics
    History:
    History – General
    Communications & Journalism:
    Communications/Rhetoric

    Again, for international students, the application fee is 70. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 30th of November.

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    University of California-Santa Barbara Admissions

    Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 53%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were eight thousand, six hundred and thirty total number of transfer students who applied and five thousand, four hundred and sixty total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school did not report their application fee.

    The regular application is due the 30th of November. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of January. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of May. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 30th of November. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 2nd of March. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 31st of May. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of January and

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    University of California-Santa Barbara Athletics

    The Gauchos are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Women’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Golf
    • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
    • Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
    • Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
    • Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball

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    University of California-Santa Barbara Financial Aid

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    Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-one percent scholarships per grants and thirty-nine percent loans per jobs. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Minority Status and State/District Residency.

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    University of California-Santa Barbara Students

    The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 53 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Additionally, the student body consists of ninety-eight percent in-state students, two percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, fifty-seven percent women, forty-three percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, seventeen percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, twenty percent hispanic, fifty-three percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien and six percent race per ethnicity unreported. University of California: Santa Barbara offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The school’s size is approximately eighteen thousand and fifty-eight degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine graduate enrollment. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

    This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Again, the university has many unique facilites such as art museum; several nature preserves with research facilities; seawater laboratories; robotics laboratory; free electron laser laboratory; institutes for: polymers and organic solids, neuroscience research, quantum, nuclear particle astrophysics and cosmology, marine science, theoretical physics. In sum, the school is located 10 miles from downtown, 100 miles from Los Angeles.

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