| Screen last updated on: December 2016 |
| Total undergraduates: |
20,607 |
| Full-time undergraduates: |
20,243 |
| Part-time undergraduates: |
364 |
| Total graduate students: |
2,890 |
| Full-time graduate students: |
2,886 |
| Part-time graduate students: |
4 |
| Average age of full-time undergraduates: |
20 |
| U.S. region where majority of students come from: |
West |
| Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: |
5% |
| First-year student enrollment breakdown: |
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| 0.1% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 20.4% | Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 2.3% | Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 28.1% | Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.1% | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino | | 31.3% | White, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 8.6% | Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino | | 7.6% | Nonresident Alien |
| 1.5% | Race and/or Ethnicity unknown |
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| Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown: |
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| 0.1% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 19.5% | Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 2.2% | Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 25.9% | Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.1% | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino | | 35.4% | White, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 8.4% | Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 7.1% | Nonresident Alien |
| 1.3% | Race and/or Ethnicity unknown |
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| Campus size: |
989 acres |
| City or town school is located in: |
Santa Barbara, CA |
| Population of city/town: |
90,412 |
| Locations of branch/satellite campuses: |
Branch campus in Washington, DC. |
| Nearest major city: |
Los Angeles |
| Distance of nearest major city: |
95 miles |
| Population of nearest major city: |
3,844,307 |
| Online campus map: |
www.aw.id.ucsb.edu/maps/
index.html |
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: |
yes |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- coed dorms (74%)
- sorority housing
- fraternity housing
- single-student apartments (20%)
- married-student apartments (6%)
- special housing for international students
- cooperative housing
- other housing including Theme and wellness housing.
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| Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: |
95% |
| Percent of students who live in school housing: |
38% |
| Percent of students who live off campus: |
62% |
| Percent of all students who have cars on campus: |
3% |
| Student conduct policies: |
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class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited |
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| Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: |
yes |
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| Every student is required to lease or own a computer: |
no |
| Every student is required to take a computer course: |
no |
| Computer equipment is provided in: |
residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center |
| Total number of microcomputers available to students: |
777 |
| Other computer facilities/services: |
GIS lab for geography students. |
| Internet access provided to all students: |
yes |
| E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: |
yes |
| School has a library on campus: |
yes |
| Additional library facilities/collections: |
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Arts and music library. |
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| Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus: |
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Art museum, graduate student lounge; multicultural and women's centers. |
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| Remedial learning services: |
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reading, writing, math, study skills |
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| Additional services offered: |
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nonremedial tutoring, health service, women's center, day care |
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| Counseling services: |
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minority student, military, veteran student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological |
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| Career placement services: |
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internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training |
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| Services for students with disabilities: |
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note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, adaptive equipment, braille services |
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| Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: |
fully |
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| Number of social fraternities on campus: |
12 |
| Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: |
10 |
| Percent of men who join fraternities: |
8% |
| Number of social sororities on campus: |
18 |
| Number of sororities that have chapter houses: |
10 |
| Percent of women who join sororities: |
13% |
| Student activities: |
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student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station |
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| School newspaper(s): |
Daily Nexus |
| Number of honor societies: |
16 |
| Total number of registered organizations: |
421 |
| Campus-based religious organizations: |
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Bridges International, Chabad, Destino, Epic, Fluid Dance Company, Gracious Loving Original Righteous Youth, Jewish Awareness Movement, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, Korean American Campus Missions, Latter-day Saint Student Association, Mark's Catholic Student Organization, Not Mere Men, Progressive Christians, Real Life, Santa Barbara Hillel, Undignified-Division of Jubilee Christian Church, Veritas Forum; Asian American, Chi Alpha, InterVarsity, Orthodox, Revive, and RUF Christian Fellowships; Born Again, Episcopal Campus, Souled Out Campus, and United Coalition Fellowship of Christian Ministries |
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| Minority student organizations: |
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Armenian Sisterhood Organization, Asian Resource Center, Assyrian Student Alliance, Black Graduation Committee, Black Pioneer Renaissance Org BPRO, Black Student Union, Interethnic Relations In Sisterhood, Kapatirang Pilipino, Korean American Coalition, Korean Cultural Awareness Group, MUJER citas, NAACP, Persian Student Group, Pilipino Graduation Akanke, American Asian Pacific American Graduate Students, Asian Pacific Student Union, Asian Sisters and Brothers for Ideas in Action Now, Black Quare, California South Asian Students Conference, Chicano Latino Cultural Services, Chicano Latino Graduation Committee, Chicano/Latino Psych-Soc, Chicano@ Studies Department Graduation, Chinese Student Union, Cultural Arts Committee del Congreso, El Congreso, Graduate Student Colectiva, Hermanos Unidos, Hmong Student Union, Indus, Latin American Men Bringing Diversity and Scholarship, MEChA, Middle Eastern Graduation Committee, Middle Eastern Resource Center Interns, Mujeres Unidas por Justicia, Ed. y Rev, National Society for Black Engineers, Persian Student Group, Pilipino Graduation, Pilipino Cultural Night, Sababa-The Israeli Cultural Group, Union Salvadorena de Estudiantes Universitarios; American Indian, Armenian, Black Graduate, Chinese American, Chinese Student/Scholar, Hong Kong, India, Indian, Japanese Cultural/Language, Japanese, Khmer, Korean American, Latina/o for Legal Education, Latino Business, Mexican Graduate, Pacific Islander, PSU/KP Alumni, Taiwanese American, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese Student Associations; Hellenic, Lebanese, Middle Eastern Cultural, and Russian clubs |
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| International student organizations: |
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Armenian Sisterhood Organization, Asian Resource Center, Assyrian Student Alliance, Black Graduation Committee, Black Pioneer Renaisance Org BPRO, Black Student Union, Interethnic Relations In Sisterhood, Kapatirang Pilipino, Korean American Coalition, Korean Cultural Awareness Group, MUJER citas, NAACP, Persian Student Group, Pilipino Graduation Akanke, American Asian Pacific American Graduate Students, Asian Pacific Student Union, Asian Sisters and Brothers for Ideas in Action Now, Black Quare, California South Asian Students Conference, Chicano Latino Cultural Services, Chicano Latino Graduation Committee, Chicano/Latino Psych-Soc, Chicano@ Studies Department Graduation, Chinese Student Union, Cultural Arts Committee del Congreso, El Congreso, Graduate Student Colectiva, Hermanos Unidos, Hmong Student Union, Indus, Latin American Men Bringing Diversity and Scholarship, MEChA, Middle Eastern Graduation Committee, Middle Eastern Resource Center Interns, Mujeres Unidas por Justicia, Ed. y Rev, National Society for Black Engineers, Persian Student Group, Pilipino Graduation, Pilipino Cultural Night, Sababa-The Israeli Cultural Group, Union Salvadorena de Estudiantes Universitarios; American Indian, Armenian, Black Graduate, Chinese American, Chinese Student/Scholar, Hong Kong, India, Indian, Japanese Cultural/Language, Japanese, Khmer, Korean American, Latina/o for Legal Education, Latino Business, Mexican Graduate, Pacific Islander, PSU/KP Alumni, Taiwanese American, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese Student Associations; Hellenic, Lebanese, Middle Eastern Cultural, and Russian clubs |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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Amatory dance crew, Cosa Meara Company of Irish Dance, Chinese Lion Dance Team, Gaucho Pep Band, Dramatic Women, Film/Videomaker's Co-op, Gaucho Cinema, Community Arts, Community/Opportunity/Artistry, Dead Composers Society, Guardian Scholars Program, Graduate Students Underground, Active Minds, Adopt a Grandparent Program, AGEAlliance for Graduate Excellence, Aiding Haitian Education and Development, Habitat for Humanity, Health Professions Associations, Healthy Eating/Living HEAL Interns, Horizons, Human Rights Group, I.V.D.V., Improving Dreams Equality Access/Success, Improvability, Invisible Children, IV Garb, KINETIC, Kink University: A Fetish Fellowship, Green Campus Program, Green Innovations, Green Screen, Greenhouse and Garden Project GHGP, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Red Cross, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Students for Israel, Amnesty International, Backyard to the Future, Bailadores for the Brain and Body, Behavior Management Student Organization, Bisexual Discussion Group, Black Reign, Bren School Sustainability Committee Club, Brothas from Otha Mothas, Business Coalition, CALPIRG, Cam Con, Campus Democrats, Campus Left, Capoeira Sul da Bahia Santa Barbara, Carnales In Aztlan, Catalyst, Chemists Without Borders, Circle K International, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, Collegiate Panhellenic Conference, Debate Society, Ecological Coalition, Education Generation, Graduate Symposium, Engineering Student Council, Engineers Without Borders, EOP Mentors, EOP Transfer/Continuing Peer Program, Everybody Loves Everybody, Exchanging Thoughts about Human Integrity among College Students, Feminist Studies Graduate Student Organization, Finance Connection, Focus Media Journal, Folded Shadow Press, Foodstuff, Gamelan Society, Gaucho Toastmasters, Global Medical Brigades, Go Organization; Art History, Art History Graduate, Horse Boarders, Human Resources, American medical, Computing Machinery, Collegiate Lindy Hop, Communication, Pre-Optometry, Family Student Housing Tenants, and Gaucho Tour Student Associations; actuary, African drum/dance, amateur radio, anime, chess, classics, cooking, cotillion dance, electronic music, energy, English, excursion, Gaucho MMA, German, hoopdance, GTU geography, kiteboard, slackline, Israeli-Palestinian film, Judo, and juggling clubs |
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| School has an athletic program: |
yes |
| Athletic director: |
John McCutcheon,
Athletic Director |
| Athletics homepage: |
www.ucen.ucsb.edu/
surfcam.html |
| School colors: |
blue and gold |
| School mascot: |
Gauchos |
| Athletic conference memberships: |
Big West Conference (Football I-A), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation |
| Sports offered |
Scholarships? |
Athletic Assoc. |
| Men's baseball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's cross-country | yes | Big West Conference, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's golf | yes | Big West Conference, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's gymnastics | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's track and field (outdoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's volleyball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's water polo | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's gymnastics | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's softball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track (indoor) | no | |
| Women's track and field (outdoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's water polo | yes | NCAA Div. I |
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| Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: |
8% |
| Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: |
65% |
| Athletic facilities: |
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athletic fields, climbing gymnasium, gymnasiums, recreation center, rowing and sailing facilities, tennis courts |
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| Intramural/Recreational sports: |
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badminton, basketball, bowling, field hockey, flag football, floor hockey, inner-tube water polo, kickball, lacrosse, racquetball, rugby, rowing, sand volleyball, soccer, softball, squash, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball |
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| Club sports for men: |
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Alpine racing, bowling, cycling, fencing, in-line hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, hockey, rowing, rugby, sailing, soccer, surfing, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, wakeboarding, waterskiing |
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| Club sports for women: |
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Alpine racing, bowling, cycling, fencing, lacrosse, martial arts, roller hockey, rowing, rugby, sailing, soccer, surfing, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, wakeboarding, waterskiing
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| Public transportation serves campus: |
yes |
| Nearest international airport: |
Los Angeles (95 miles) |
| Nearest other airport: |
Santa Barbara, CA (1 mile) |
| Nearest passenger train service: |
Santa Barbara, CA (7 miles) |
| Nearest passenger bus service: |
Santa Barbara, CA (6 miles) |
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| Institutional employment is available: |
yes |
| Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: |
17% |
| Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: |
excellent |
| Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: |
no |
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| Percent of graduates who pursue further study: |
37% immediately |
| Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: |
79% within one year of graduation |
| List of firms that most frequently hire graduates: |
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C & D Zodiac Aerospace, Channel Technologies, Citrix Online, Google, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Peace Corps, University of California--Santa Barbara. |
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| List of most prominent alumni/ae: |
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- Joseph C. Wilson, CEO, JC Wilson International Ventures & US Ambassador
- Jack Johnson, musician
- Gwyneth Paltrow, actress.
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