Graduate Programs at University of California-Santa Barbara

Graduate School Overview

University of California-Santa Barbara (referred to as UCSB) is a Public, 4 years school located in Santa Barbara, CA. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (2/28/1949 - Current).

UCSB Directory Information
School Name	University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Address	5221 Cheadle Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone	805-893-8000
Web	https://www.ucsb.edu
Online Application	https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Financial Info	https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of California-Santa Barbara is $13,872 for California residents and $28,974 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,961 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 26,420 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 188 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$28,974 $13,872 for California Residents
Student Population	2,961
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	188 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Santa Barbara is $13,872 for California residents and $28,974 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023.

University of California-Santa Barbara offers the distance learning courses, but students may be required to attend/visit regular classes to complete their degree/programs.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of California-Santa Barbara is $13,872 for California residents and $28,974 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.01% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,442	$2,112	$26,544	$2,112
2019-2020	$11,442	$2,112	$26,544	$2,112
2020-2021	$11,442	$2,126	$26,544	$2,126
2021-2022	$11,442	$2,139	$26,544	$2,139
2022-2023	$11,700	$2,172	$26,802	$2,172

The graduate school tuition & fees of UCSB is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the California graduate tuition is $21,739 (public) / $23,882 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of California-Santa Barbara	$13,872	$28,974
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
California Graduate Schools	$19,794	$22,475
Public	$11,472	$21,739
Private	$23,882

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $22,505 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of California-Santa Barbara. On-campus living costs are decreased by -0.20% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,868. Off-campus living costs are increased by 1.16% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$15,673	$5,438	$12,370	$5,808
2019-2020	$15,520	$5,670	$12,818	$6,045
2020-2021	$15,903	$5,381	$13,188	$5,916
2021-2022	$16,699	$5,287	$13,803	$5,837
2022-2023	$16,883	$5,059	$14,246	$5,622

Graduate Programs at UCSB

University of California-Santa Barbara offers 109 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 975 students have completed their study at University of California-Santa Barbara.

Offered Degrees at University of California-Santa Barbara
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	56	530
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	50	366
Post Bachelor's Degree	3	79
Total	109	975

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of California-Santa Barbara by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Education program with 77 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Education program with 91 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Chemistry program with 39 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of California-Santa Barbara
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	77	-
Psychology (other)	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of California-Santa Barbara
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	91	$54,500
Environmental Science	✕	79	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	49	-
Computer Science	✕	46	-
Data Science, Other	✕	25	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of California-Santa Barbara
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Chemistry	✕	39	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	37	-
Materials Science	✕	23	-
Physics	✕	17	-
Education	✕	15	$56,200

University of California-Santa Barbara offers 109 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 975 students have completed their graduate studies.

530 students have earned/completed Master's program.
79 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	79 completers	$55,100
Environmental Science	✕	79	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	✕	3	-
Area Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	3	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Communication	✕	2	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	46	-
Education [+]	✕	91 completers	$54,500
Education	✕	91	$54,500
Engineering [+]	✕	62 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	0	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	49	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	5	-
Comparative Literature	✕	2	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	0	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	✕	0	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (other)	✕	14	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	1	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	16	-
Neuroscience	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	8	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Statistics	✕	22	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	27 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	2	-
Data Science, Other	✕	25	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	16	-
Materials Science	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	4	-
Psychology (other)	✕	13	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	12	-
Geography	✕	5	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	0	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	1	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	3	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	1	-
Music	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Management Science	✕	23	-
Actuarial Science	✕	13	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	530

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	9	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	2	-
Women's Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Communication	✕	8	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Education [+]	✕	15 completers	$56,200
Education	✕	15	$56,200
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	15	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	37	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	9	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	3	-
Comparative Literature	✕	2	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	0	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	✕	4	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	✕	3	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (other)	✕	7	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	8	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	8	-
Neuroscience	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	10	-
Statistics	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	85 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	39	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	17	-
Materials Science	✕	23	-
Psychology [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	14	-
Psychology (other)	✕	10	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	6	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	11	-
Geography	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Sociology	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	1	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	5	-
Music	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Management Science	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
History (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	366

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	77 completers	-
Education	✕	77	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Psychology (other)	✕	2	-
	Total	79

Graduate Student Population at UCSB

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,033 students enrolled into University of California-Santa Barbara graduate schools where it has total 26,420 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,786 full-time and 247 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,613 male and 1,420 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,033	1,613	1,420
Full-time	2,786	1,500	1,286
Part-tme	247	113	134

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,197 White (39.47%), 102 Black/African American (3.36%), 356 Hispanic (11.74%), 327 Asian (10.78%), and 1,051 students with other races. 950 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,033	1,613	1,420
American Indian/Native American	14	6	8
Asian	327	161	166
Black/African American	102	36	66
Hispanic	356	157	199
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	4	1
White	1,197	619	578
Two More	25	11	14
Un-Known	57	34	23
Non-resident Alien	950	585	365

University of California-Santa Barbara offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 314 graduate students (10.35% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	3,033
Enrolled Online Exclusively	0
Enrolled Some Online Courses	314
Not in Online Courses	2,719

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of California-Santa Barbara. 856 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.22% of total students), 27 students are aged above 50 (0.89%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of California-Santa Barbara.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,033	1,613	1,420
Age 20-21	50	20	30
Age 22-24	806	405	401
Age 25-29	1,383	769	614
Age 30-34	530	285	245
Age 35-39	155	79	76
Age 40-49	82	41	41
Age 50-64	24	14	10
Over 64	3	0	3

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