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Campus Quick Facts

  • Chancellor: Henry T. Yang - (Appointed June 1994)

  • Date established: 1944

  • School Colors: Blue and Gold

  • Academic calendar: Quarter

  • Library collection: 2.7 million

  • NCAA athletics: Division I

  • Campus Mascot: Gaucho

Location/Land area
1,022 acres on the California coast about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Office of Admissions
1210 Cheadle Hall
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2014
(805) 893-2881


Faculty Size: 1,080
In addition to five Nobel Prize winners, UCSB's faculty includes many elected members or fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (25), the National Academy of Sciences (27), the National Academy of Engineering (27), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (38).


Majors, Degrees, and Credentials
More than 200 majors, degrees, and credentials are offered through UCSB's five schools and the Graduate Division.

Major Colleges and Divisions:

Top Majors
For Fall 2007, the following majors received the most freshman applications:


Freshman Applicant Statistics (Fall 2008 Entering Class)

Applicants: 47,069

Admitted: 23,183 (49%)

  • 4.03 average GPA
  • 1871 mean SAT I score
  • 6.4% of admitted students are non-residents
Enrolled: 4,725

  • 3.84 mean GPA
  • 1782 mean SAT score
  • 35% GPA of 4.0 or above
  • 586 mean Verbal SAT score
  • 605 mean Math SAT score

Transfer Applicant Statistics (Fall 2008 Entering Class)

Applicants: 8,990

Admitted: 6,144 (68.3%)

Enrolled: 1,847

  • 3.17 mean GPA
  • 95% California residents
  • 2% residents of other states
  • 3% foreign residents

Geographic Origins of Undergraduates
Monterey County and North    34%
Santa Barbara County    6%
Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Kern Counties    8%
Other Southern California counties:    47%
Out of state:    4%
International (70 countries):    1%


Campus Diversity: Undergraduate Enrollment (Fall 2007)
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1%
African American 3%
Chicano 15%
Latino 5%
Asian/Pacific Islander/E. Indian/Pakistani 13%
Filipino 3%
Caucasian 53%
Other 7%


Gender of Undergraduates
Female    Male   
55.2%    44.8%   

Graduation Rates

  • The median time to obtain an undergraduate degree is four years, which compares favorably to the national average.

  • 91% of freshmen return for their sophomore year.

  • Approximately 78% of freshmen will graduate from UCSB within five years.

Average Course Enrollment
UCSB offers over 1,800 classes each quarter to more than 18,000 students.

  • Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 20:1.

  • Lower division classes average 47 students each, although there are a number of introductory courses with several hundred students.

  • Upper division classes average 35 students each.

  • Almost half of our courses enroll 21 or fewer students.

Housing
All new freshman students are guaranteed housing in one of 10 residence halls as long as they submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by May 1:

  • There are eight University-owned residential halls.

  • There are two privately-owned residence halls in Isla Vista (Tropicana, Fontainebleu).

  • The University owns several apartment complexes in adjacent Isla Vista, including student family complexes.

  • Students may also rent from numerous privately owned apartments in the area.

Where students live:  
UCSB Residence Halls    23%
UCSB Apartments    6%
Private Residence Halls    2%
Fraternities/Sororities    3%
Isla Vista, Goleta, Santa Barbara    54%
Commuters    8%
Education Abroad / Addresses Unknown    4%



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