University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 23,081
Graduate Enrollment: 3,033
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Asian American/Native American/Pacific Islander institution
Hispanic focused instituion
Hispanic focused instituion
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Suburb: Midsize (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
Four-year, large, primarily residential
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full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 29.18%
Male/Female: 42% / 58% (2017)
First generation college students: 42.4% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 0.6% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.1% (2015)
Test scores for admission: Neither required or recommended
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 90.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 87.4% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 84.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 80.3% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 31.9%
Black: 1.8%
Hispanic: 25.4%
Asian: 18.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 8.7%
Non-resident alien: 11.0%
Unknown race: 2.7%
Black: 1.8%
Hispanic: 25.4%
Asian: 18.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 8.7%
Non-resident alien: 11.0%
Unknown race: 2.7%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $34,738
In-State tuition: $14,417Out-of-State tuition: $44,171
Estimated books and supplies: $1,317 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $16,699 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $5,287 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $13,803 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $5,287 (2022)
Average Family Income: $59,915 (2017)
Median Family Income: $36,166 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 32.0%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 16.8%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $13,993 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $148 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $11,022 |
| $30k-48k | $12,305 |
| $48k-75k | $14,720 |
| $75k-110k | $20,565 |
| $110k+ | $30,833 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 70%6-year graduation rate: 85%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 94.0% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $13,993 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $7,500 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $12,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $11,698 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 75.3% (2015) |
| @3 year | 79.3% (2017) |
| @5 year | 80.7% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 65.4% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 64.4% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $36,242 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $60,240 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 329 | $16,533 | $172 | $35,371 ($2,948) | $57,262 ($4,772) |
| Master's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 76 | $370 | $56,293 ($4,691) | $78,327 ($6,527) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Area Studies. | 19 | $22,697 | $241 | $27,397 ($2,283) | $38,467 ($3,206) |
| Master's Degree | Area Studies. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 112 | $13,500 | $140 | $31,948 ($2,662) | $46,808 ($3,901) |
| Master's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 445 | $13,018 | $138 | $43,753 ($3,646) | $61,114 ($5,093) |
| Master's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Science. | 112 | $11,000 | $143 | $93,383 ($7,782) | $118,830 ($9,903) |
| Master's Degree | Computer Science. | 43 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Computer Science. | 12 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Education, General. | 95 | $59,030 ($4,919) | $72,142 ($6,012) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Education, General. | 20 | $96,769 ($8,064) | |||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Education, General. | 69 | $265 | $64,074 ($5,340) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 65 | $14,937 | $158 | $74,412 ($6,201) | $87,132 ($7,261) |
| Doctoral Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Engineering. | 51 | $14,410 | $153 | $95,922 ($7,994) | $114,658 ($9,555) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 62 | $15,571 | $164 | $74,380 ($6,198) | $102,419 ($8,535) |
| Master's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 61 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 24 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 90 | $15,908 | $159 | $77,246 ($6,437) | $90,072 ($7,506) |
| Master's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 18 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 103 | $14,100 | $138 | $24,700 ($2,058) | $51,160 ($4,263) |
| Master's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 17 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 13 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 68 | $16,261 | $176 | $29,715 ($2,476) | $49,027 ($4,086) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 11 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 148 | $17,550 | $179 | $30,474 ($2,540) | $46,505 ($3,875) |
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 40 | $16,852 | $177 | $21,334 ($1,778) | $37,108 ($3,092) |
| Master's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 352 | $14,586 | $154 | $30,215 ($2,518) | $57,735 ($4,811) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 70 | $9,500 | $125 | ||
| Master's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 42 | $19,000 | $201 | $25,202 ($2,100) | $40,765 ($3,397) |
| Master's Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 35 | $16,500 | $175 | $41,666 ($3,472) | $55,657 ($4,638) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Zoology/Animal Biology. | 23 | $29,590 ($2,466) | $41,245 ($3,437) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 25 | $14,500 | $154 | $46,712 ($3,893) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 59 | $12,500 | $135 | $26,581 ($2,215) | $44,113 ($3,676) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Business/Managerial Economics. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 11 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 114 | $17,000 | $180 | $44,792 ($3,733) | $64,574 ($5,381) |
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 14 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mathematics. | 13 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 100 | $17,000 | $180 | $61,041 ($5,087) | $86,227 ($7,186) |
| Master's Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Statistics. | 158 | $17,500 | $182 | $47,287 ($3,941) | $81,375 ($6,781) |
| Master's Degree | Statistics. | 17 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Statistics. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Medieval and Renaissance Studies. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International/Global Studies. | 333 | $14,792 | $156 | $33,881 ($2,823) | $52,229 ($4,352) |
| Master's Degree | International/Global Studies. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy. | 93 | $15,000 | $159 | $24,005 ($2,000) | $48,289 ($4,024) |
| Master's Degree | Philosophy. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Philosophy. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 25 | $15,873 | $175 | $23,874 ($1,990) | |
| Master's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 84 | $11,128 | $118 | $59,057 ($4,921) | $86,107 ($7,176) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 93 | $15,805 | $168 | $42,746 ($3,562) | $64,903 ($5,409) |
| Master's Degree | Chemistry. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 19 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 52 | $21,800 | $173 | $26,842 ($2,237) | |
| Master's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 144 | $15,982 | $169 | $51,232 ($4,269) | $88,722 ($7,394) |
| Master's Degree | Physics. | 19 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Physics. | 17 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Materials Sciences. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Materials Sciences. | 28 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 696 | $15,000 | $154 | $30,385 ($2,532) | $53,297 ($4,441) |
| Master's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Psychology, Other. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Psychology, Other. | 10 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Psychology, Other. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Anthropology. | 124 | $19,500 | $191 | $29,681 ($2,473) | $48,435 ($4,036) |
| Master's Degree | Anthropology. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Anthropology. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Music. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 582 | $13,516 | $142 | $63,367 ($5,281) | $88,311 ($7,359) |
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 12 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Economics. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 76 | $13,750 | $148 | $33,941 ($2,828) | $57,435 ($4,786) |
| Master's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 18 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 273 | $16,485 | $159 | $39,290 ($3,274) | $62,470 ($5,206) |
| Master's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Political Science and Government. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Sociology. | 627 | $13,500 | $143 | $32,704 ($2,725) | $50,703 ($4,225) |
| Master's Degree | Sociology. | 9 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Sociology. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Dance. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 154 | $15,000 | $159 | $25,591 ($2,133) | $47,214 ($3,935) |
| Master's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 99 | $16,978 | $164 | $25,597 ($2,133) | $49,413 ($4,118) |
| Master's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 22 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Music. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 50 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 152 | $14,500 | $151 | $27,185 ($2,265) | $47,117 ($3,926) |
| Master's Degree | History. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | History. | 9 |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $158,886Full time faculty: 88%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 17.0
School's endowment start of year: $278,285,000 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $377,817,000 (2022)