Applying to UCSB

University of California-Santa Barbara's acceptance rate is 27.78% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 110,871 students applied and 30,804 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively hard (lower than the national average) to get into UCSB.

UCSB's acceptance rate places 15th out of 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to UCSB, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not considered for admission at University of California-Santa Barbara.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Santa Barbara is 27.78% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 16.37%. 50,391 men and 60,480 women applied to UCSB and 12,402 men and 18,402 women students were accepted.

Among them, 1,988 men and 3,055 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at UCSB.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UCSB
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	110,871	50,391	60,480	0	0
Admitted	30,804	12,402	18,402	0	0
Enrolled	5,043	1,988	3,055	0	0
Acceptance Rate	27.78%	24.61%	30.43%	-	-
Yield	16.37%	16.03%	16.60%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

University of California-Santa Barbara 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 5,043 first-year students enrolled in UCSB. The proportion of full-time students is 99.42% and part-time students is 0.58%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 39.42% and women students is 60.58%.

The following table and chart visualize the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at UCSB.

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UCSB
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,043	1,988	3,055
Full-time	5,014	1,976	3,038
Part-time	29	12	17

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at UCSB. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of California-Santa Barbara.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

UCSB Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Not Considered
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Not Considered
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $80 for undergraduate schools and $135 for graduate schools of University of California-Santa Barbara. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UCSB.

Admission Information for Applying to UCSB
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	www.admissions.ucsb.edu/
Online Application	admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Calendar System	Quarter
Course for High School Students	Not Offered
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Doctoral (Research)

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First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

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