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Ranks 169th overall and 17th in California

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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

General Characteristics

Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemQuarter
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable TuitionYes

Special Learning Opportunities

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

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

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

Ranks 162nd for total cost of attendance

  In District In State Out of State
FT Undergraduate Tuition N/A N/A $19,068
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $7,896 $7,896 $8,448
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour N/A N/A N/A
FT Graduate Tuition N/A N/A $14,694
FT Graduate Required Fees $10,108 $10,108 $10,402
PT Graduate per Credit Hour N/A N/A N/A
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $25,067 $25,067 $42,267
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $23,027 $23,027 $40,227
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $18,015 $18,015 $35,215

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 $6,997 trend  $7,896 $6,997 trend  $7,896 $24,817 trend  $25,096
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies $1,437 trend  $1,513
On-Campus – Room & Board $10,876 trend  $11,945
On-Campus – Other Expenses $2,476 trend  $3,713
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $9,014 trend  $9,415
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $3,096 trend  $4,203
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $3,250 trend  $8,606

Admission Details

Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$60
Graduate Application Fee$60
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 39,857 (17,198 male / 22,659 female)
Admitted 21,282 (8,836 male / 12,446 female)
Admission rate 53%
First-time Enrollment 4,099 (1,712 male / 2,387 female)
FT Enrollment 4,089 (1,708 male / 2,381 female)
PT Enrollment 10 (4 male / 6 female)
Total Enrollment21,082

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

Admission Credits Accepted

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

Dual CreditYes
Life ExperienceNo
Advanced Placement (AP)Yes

Athletics - Association Memberships

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

ACT Test Admission

Ranks 200th for 75pctl scores

Applicants submitting ACT results 42%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 21 / 28
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 22 / 28
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 22 / 28

SAT Test Admission

Ranks 230th for 75pctl scores

Applicants submitting SAT results 99%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 520 / 640
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 530 / 650
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1050 / 1290

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 Capacity4,990
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 2242nd for the average student loan amount.

  Average Users % of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid $3,798 915 pie   24%
State & Local Grant Aid $3,107 1,538 pie   40%
Institutional Grant Aid $7,128 1,413 pie   37%
Student Loan Aid $4,397 1,444 pie   38%
Any financial aid type   2,303 pie   61%

Student Enrollment Demographics

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

  Men Women Total
Non Resident Alien
475269744
Black Non-Hispanic
198338536
Hispanic
1,4922,0873,579
Asian / Pacific Islander
1,4751,7163,191
American Indian / Alaskan Native
6481145
White Non-Hispanic
5,0835,73910,822
Race Unknown
1,0601,0052,065
Total 9,847 11,235 21,082

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at University of California-Santa Barbara?

  Men Women Total
Non Resident Alien
91625
Black Non-Hispanic
375592
Hispanic
161330491
Asian / Pacific Islander
248279527
American Indian / Alaskan Native
81826
White Non-Hispanic
8281,0601,888
Race Unknown
163186349
Total 1,454 1,944 3,398

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at University of California-Santa Barbara.

  Men Women Total
366 210 576
115 314 429
83 249 332
58 219 277
93 181 274

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

  Non Resident Alien Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian / Pacific Islander American Indian / Alaskan Native White Non-Hispanic Race Unknown Total
African-American/Black Studies 8 2 1 2 13
Anthropology 5 2 21 13 4 73 19 137
Applied Mathematics 2 2
Applied Mathematics, Other 3 5 9 1 18
Aquatic Biology/Limnology 3 2 27 5 37
Area Studies, Other 12 1 3 4 20
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 1 2 10 2 1 50 8 74
Art/Art Studies, General 2 5 7
Asian Studies/Civilization 1 1 5 4 3 14
Asian-American Studies 1 31 2 34
Biochemistry 5 7 9 19 2 42
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 1 4 8 21 5 39
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 3 5 23 42 1 87 15 176
Business/Managerial Economics 25 8 61 132 3 284 63 576
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other 1 3 9 23 7 43
Chemical Engineering 9 3 5 30 1 48
Chemistry, General 7 1 4 7 18 11 48
Chemistry, Other 1 3 4
Chinese Language and Literature 1 5 6
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 8 4 13
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other 2 2
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 5 20 28 4 194 26 277
Comparative Literature 1 1 4 4 25 7 42
Computer Engineering, General 2 1 6 9 14 7 39
Computer Science 41 3 4 19 31 16 114
Dance, General 1 1 3 5 1 11
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 1 3 6 2 1 44 8 65
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other 2 2 1 18 1 24
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 2 1 10 3 16
Economics, General 10 2 4 17 16 49
Education, General 8 2 24 11 1 87 22 155
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 2 2
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 36 1 3 28 39 13 120
English Language and Literature, General 10 34 20 3 131 32 230
Environmental Science 8 6 1 38 14 67
Environmental Studies 2 9 10 53 14 88
Film/Cinema Studies 4 1 20 15 84 17 141
Fine/Studio Arts, General 2 1 9 16 36 6 70
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 2 2 1 5
French Language and Literature 2 7 2 20 3 34
Geography 2 5 8 1 55 12 83
Geology/Earth Science, General 2 1 4 2 31 40
Geophysics and Seismology 1 1 2
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 7 1 8
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 1 29 1 1 32
History, General 2 3 38 18 1 115 27 204
History, Other 1 6 1 8
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 1 3 4
International/Global Studies 2 9 45 35 7 146 30 274
Italian Studies 1 1 7 2 11
Japanese Language and Literature 5 3 8
Legal Studies, General 1 9 35 21 96 17 179
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 1 8 2 11
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 1 1 1 17 1 21
Linguistics 3 1 1 18 6 29
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 1 1 5 7
Materials Science 8 2 2 16 6 34
Mathematics, General 3 1 8 10 33 8 63
Mechanical Engineering 14 12 19 2 67 10 124
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 2 3
Microbiology, General 4 6 1 20 5 36
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 8 8 5 21
Music Theory and Composition 5 5
Music, General 2 4 4 17 8 35
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1 2 1 2 2 8
Pharmacology 1 1 3 15 15 7 42
Philosophy 6 3 10 15 51 22 107
Physics, General 5 3 3 45 16 72
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology 1 11 16 48 8 84
Physiology, General 1 1 7 1 10
Political Science and Government, General 4 7 36 39 155 31 272
Portuguese Language and Literature 2 2
Psychology, General 3 7 55 40 193 34 332
Psychology, Other 1 1 8 8 2 20
Religion/Religious Studies 1 9 8 33 9 60
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 5 1 6
Sociology 1 24 105 57 3 201 38 429
Spanish Language and Literature 1 51 6 30 10 98
Statistics, General 9 3 6 1 11 5 35
Women's Studies 1 7 2 2 14 1 27
Zoology/Animal Biology 5 2 18 2 27
Total 254 130 813 807 40 3,037 694 5,775

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University of California-Santa Barbara Ranks 78th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system Yes
Average FT Salary $94,786 ($101,199 male / $80,568 female)
Number of FT Faculty 904 (623 male / 281 female)
Number of PT Faculty 177
FT Faculty Ratio 5 : 1
Total Benefits $12,840,593
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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 Financial Aid

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

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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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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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