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Official Admissions Statistics 2008 - 2009
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 40,937 |
| Admitted | 22,271 |
| Acceptance rate | 54.4% |
| Yield rate | 19.5% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 530 and 640
- Math: 540 and 660
- Writing: 530 and 640
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara's average composite ACT score falls between 23 and 28.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
| Major | Men | Women | Total |
| African-American/Black Studies | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Applied Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 22 | 7 | 29 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Area Studies, Other | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 5 | 60 | 65 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Asian-American Studies | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| Biochemistry | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 88 | 115 | 203 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 405 | 210 | 615 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology & Anatomical Sciences, Other | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Chemistry, General | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Chemistry, Other | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Chinese Language & Literature | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric | 73 | 234 | 307 |
| Comparative Literature | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 36 | 5 | 41 |
| Computer Science | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Dance, General | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 16 | 33 | 49 |
| Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics, Other | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Economics, General | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Education, General | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 46 | 5 | 51 |
| English Language & Literature, General | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Environmental Studies | 40 | 56 | 96 |
| Film/Cinema Studies | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| French Language & Literature | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Geography | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Geophysics & Seismology | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, & Mexican-American/Chicano | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| History, General | 111 | 61 | 172 |
| History, Other | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Hydrology & Water Resources Science | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| International/Global Studies | 91 | 169 | 260 |
| Italian Studies | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Japanese Language & Literature | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Legal Studies, General | 68 | 94 | 162 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Materials Science | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Mathematics, General | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 93 | 12 | 105 |
| Medieval & Renaissance Studies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology, General | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Music Theory & Composition | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Music, General | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Near & Middle Eastern Studies | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Pharmacology | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| Philosophy | 62 | 21 | 83 |
| Physics, General | 37 | 5 | 42 |
| Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology | 20 | 46 | 66 |
| Physiology, General | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Political Science & Government, General | 131 | 94 | 225 |
| Portuguese Language & Literature | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Psychology, General | 75 | 266 | 341 |
| Psychology, Other | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 19 | 34 | 53 |
| Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Sociology | 111 | 340 | 451 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 30 | 74 | 104 |
| Statistics, General | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Women's Studies | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| Total | 1915 | 2367 | 4282 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 6236 |
| Reported Results | 1254 |
| Accepted | 950 (76%) 76,24 |
| Rejected | 304 |
| Attending | 105 |
| Yield Rate | 11% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.45 | 3.70 | 3.87 |
| SAT I | 1860 | 2061 | 2181 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 632 | 751 | 855 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.50 |
| SAT I | 1595 | 1800 | 1950 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 456 | 591 | 677 |
Stats last calculated: Tuesday 15th of May 2012 11:00:11 PM
Newest applicant: 0 days, 9 hours, and 56 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2008 - 2009 academic year.
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