University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA - UCSB
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 77,112 |
| Admitted | 27,581 |
| Acceptance rate | 35.8% |
| Yield rate | 18.1% |
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: 550 and 660
- Math: 570 and 730
- Writing: 27 and 32
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 26 and 33.
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 |
| Actuarial Science | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Anthropology | 37 | 95 | 132 |
| Applied Mathematics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 36 | 30 | 66 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Area Studies, Other | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 7 | 27 | 34 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Asian-American Studies | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Biochemistry | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 121 | 146 | 267 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Cartography | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology & Anatomical Sciences, Other | 26 | 18 | 44 |
| Chemical Engineering | 42 | 12 | 54 |
| Chemistry, General | 65 | 25 | 90 |
| Chemistry, Other | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Chinese Language & Literature | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Comparative Literature | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 44 | 5 | 49 |
| Computer Science | 73 | 19 | 92 |
| Dance, General | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Digital Communications & Media/Multimedia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics, Other | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 232 | 127 | 359 |
| Economics, General | 90 | 41 | 131 |
| Education, General | 22 | 62 | 84 |
| Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 54 | 8 | 62 |
| English Language & Literature, General | 59 | 118 | 177 |
| Environmental Science | 29 | 54 | 83 |
| Environmental Studies | 90 | 136 | 226 |
| Film/Cinema Studies | 62 | 80 | 142 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| French Language & Literature | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Geography | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| Geophysics & Seismology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, & Mexican-American/Chicano | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| History, General | 57 | 41 | 98 |
| History, Other | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Hydrology & Water Resources Science | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| International/Global Studies | 113 | 251 | 364 |
| Italian Studies | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Japanese Language & Literature | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Legal Studies, General | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Linguistics | 12 | 28 | 40 |
| Management Science, General | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics, General | 65 | 37 | 102 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 67 | 10 | 77 |
| Medieval & Renaissance Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Microbiology, General | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| Music Theory & Composition | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Music, General | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Near & Middle Eastern Studies | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pharmacology | 24 | 13 | 37 |
| Philosophy | 57 | 20 | 77 |
| Physics, General | 82 | 19 | 101 |
| Physiology, General | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Political Science & Government, General | 146 | 95 | 241 |
| Portuguese Language & Literature | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychology, Other | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sociology | 137 | 299 | 436 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 8 | 41 | 49 |
| Statistics, General | 45 | 22 | 67 |
| Women's Studies | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| Total | 2198 | 2205 | 4403 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 7256 |
| Reported Results | 1602 |
| Accepted | 1201 (75%) 75,25 |
| Rejected | 401 |
| Attending | 240 |
| Yield Rate | 20% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.40 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| SAT I | 1809 | 2010 | 2151 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 605 | 726 | 839 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.03 | 3.34 | 3.53 |
| SAT I | 1641 | 1800 | 1950 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 476 | 595 | 680 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 10:00:05 AM
Newest applicant: 13 days, 2 hours, and 32 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 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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