University of California

Santa Barbara, CA · Public research
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Acceptance rate
38.2%
42,093 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
84.0%
Retention 93.5%
Undergrads
23,091
18:1 S-F
Admissions
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32.1% / 54.5%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications110,187
Overall admit rate38.2%
In-state admit rate32.1%
Out-of-state admit rate54.5%
Enrolled5,081 · 12.1% yield
Admitted from waitlist9,603 of 25,713
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsRecs, State residency
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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$14,202
in-state tuition
out-of-state $53,472
Tuition (in-state)$14,202
Tuition (out-of-state)$53,472
Fees$3,441
Room & board$23,974
Books$1,478
Avg need-based grant$28,973
% need met80.5%
Avg debt at graduation$20,043
Academics
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18 : 1
student-faculty ratio
93.5% retention
Student-faculty18 : 1
Retention93.5%
4-year graduation71.2%
6-year graduation84.0%
Enrollment
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23,091
undergraduates
9.0% out-of-state · 610 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates23,091
First-year5,082
Transfer2,036
Full-time98%
Female58%
Out-of-state9.0%
International (freshmen)610
Rankings
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#8
Princeton Review
Best Value Colleges (Public Schools)
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Public Schools)#826
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Public)#1426
U.S. News & World ReportTop Public National Universities#1426
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Universities#1926
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#3526
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#4026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#4226
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Federal designationHispanic-Serving Institution47
Athletic conferenceBig West Conference10
Athletic divisionNCAA D142
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$80
application fee
waivable
Regular decision11/30 → 31-Mar → May 1
Test policyNot used for admission
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 2 Sci, 2 SciLab, 2 FL, 0 SS, 2 Hist
Admissions URLhttps://admission.universityofcalifornia…
Admissions emailadmissions@ucsb.edu
Admissions phone(805) 893-2881
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Cali…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of California CA · Public28.6%—35K
University of California CA · Public44.4%—31K
University of California CA · Public28.8%—30K
University of California CA · Public8.8%—33K
University of California CA · Public72.7%—18K
California Polytechnic State University CA · Public30.0%133022K
University of Washington WA · Public41.7%1440—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — University of California-Santa Barbara

7 years of University of California-Santa Barbara's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.