Apply to UCSB

Application Fee

$70

Graduate Application Fee

$105

Acceptance Rate

30%

Yield (Enrollment Rate)

18%

Freshmen Enrollment

4,935

SAT Scores

1,355

ACT Scores

2020 Acceptance Rate

A total of 93,446 students have applied and 27,626 students have allowed to admit to University of California-Santa Barbara (Acceptance rate: 29.56%). The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.86 % where 4,935 students have finally enrolled out of 27,626 admitted students.

The acceptance rate of the school is lower (tighter to admit) compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, its acceptance rate is slightly lower than average (relatively difficult to get in) (the average acceptance rate of the schools is 35.90%).

The yield of the school is lower (less admitted-students enrolled) compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings, its yield is lower (admitted, but not enrolled) (average yield is 32.80%).

Admission Statistics Charts

2020 Test Scores Comparison

For the academic year 2019-2020, the average SAT score is 1,355 and the average ACT score is 31 over scores submitted by enrolled first-time students. Compared to similar schools in college rankings, the admission score of University of California-Santa Barbara is average than the schools (average score is 1,403). You can check and compare the SAT and ACT scores by subject with tables and charts.

SAT/ACT Scores Comparison
	SAT Average	ACT Average
University of California-Santa Barbara	1,355	31
Similarly Colleges in Rankings	1,372	31
All U.S. Colleges	1123	68
Public, 4-Years Colleges	1112	67
4-Years Colleges	1124	68
Public, 4-Years Colleges in California	1167	70

SAT/ACT Scores by Subject

At University of California-Santa Barbara, 4,288 students submitted SAT scores (87% of enrolled students).

The average SAT score is about 1,355 and it is average than average for Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. The following table shows the SAT average scores by subject and 25^th/75^th percentile.

SAT Scores by Subject
	25^th percentile	75^th percentile
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	620	710
Mathematics	610	770
Total	1,230	1,480

At University of California-Santa Barbara, 1,828 students submitted ACT scores (37% of enrolled students).

The average ACT score is about 31 and it is lower than average for Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. The next table shows the ACT average scores by subject and 25^th/75^th percentile.

ACT Scores by Subject
	25^th percentile	75^th percentile
Reading	27	34
English	25	34
Mathematics	26	32
Total	78	100

Admission Requirements

The following table summarizes the admission requirement to apply to University of California-Santa Barbara. The school requires 5 items to submit - Secondary school GPA, Secondary school record, Completion of college-preparatory program, Admission test scores and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

Admission Requirements for Applying to University of California-Santa Barbara
Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school rank	Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school record	Required
Completion of college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Admission test scores	Required
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Neither required nor recommended