Santa Barbara, CA · Public
33%
Acceptance rate
$13,825
Avg net price
23,205
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 6,557Master’s 562Doctoral 370 |
| Bachelor’s 1,760Master’s 32Doctoral 38 |
| Bachelor’s 768Master’s 16Doctoral 21 |
| Bachelor’s 676Master’s 30Doctoral 22 |
| Bachelor’s 666Master’s 23Doctoral 33 |
| Bachelor’s 618Master’s 7Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 353Master’s 69Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 330Master’s 8Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 267Master’s 98Doctoral 54 |
| Bachelor’s 242Master’s 47Doctoral 81 |
| Bachelor’s 222Master’s 48Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 164Master’s 3Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 126Master’s 1Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 110Master’s 32Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 84Master’s 11Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 75Master’s 4Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s 5Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 35Master’s 40Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 88Doctoral 13 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big West Conference
Projected sponsored sports20
Athletic participation
488 unique student-athletes · 20 varsity teams
Fall 2027 UC Application
FAFSA due Mar 2
· Apply with the UC application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $13,146
- Required fees
- $3,268
- Food and housing
- $20,279
- Books and supplies
- $1,381
- Other expenses
- $6,833
- Total
- $44,907
- $36,7652019–2019–20
- $36,9492020–2120–21
- $37,7202021–2221–22
- $37,9022022–2322–23
- $40,5872023–2423–24
- $44,9072024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $13,825 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 45%
- Average share of need met
- 82.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $32,900
- Required forms
- FAFSA and State aid form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of California-Santa Barbara’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
University of California-Santa Barbara admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in University of California-Santa Barbara's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of California-Santa Barbara admits in-state applicants at 32.1%, out-of-state applicants at 54.5%, and international applicants at 47.6%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
5,082 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are not used in admission. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
High-school GPA and class rank of enrolled first-years, as reported to the Common Data Set.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
University of California-Santa Barbara rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of California-Santa Barbara leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
University of California-Santa Barbara's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $13,825 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 2,282 of 5,068 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of California-Santa Barbara offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of California-Santa Barbara admitted students off the waitlist.
91.9% of University of California-Santa Barbara’s first-years return for a second year and 85.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03