Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCSB

At University of California-Santa Barbara, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 33.03%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 28.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.46%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of UCSB applicants decreased by -0.11% (124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 33.03%, and this year's acceptance rate is 28.00% at University of California-Santa Barbara. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 30.48% and women students' rate is 35.17%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-Santa Barbara over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	44.44%	43.56%	45.16%
2014-15	36.34% -8.09%	33.74% -9.82%	38.58% -6.58%
2015-16	32.64% -3.70%	29.99% -3.75%	34.96% -3.61%
2016-17	35.77% 3.12%	31.85% 1.86%	39.16% 4.19%
2017-18	32.81% -2.96%	29.53% -2.32%	35.57% -3.59%
2018-19	32.20% -0.61%	29.80% 0.27%	34.18% -1.39%
2019-20	29.56% -2.64%	27.96% -1.83%	30.86% -3.31%
2020-21	36.70% 7.14%	34.86% 6.90%	38.19% 7.33%
2021-22	29.00% -7.70%	26.00% -8.86%	32.00% -6.19%
2022-23	25.85% -3.15%	23.01% -2.99%	28.22% -3.78%
2023-24	28.00% 2.15%	25.00% 1.99%	30.00% 1.78%
Average	33.03%	30.48%	35.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.46% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Santa Barbara from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.31%	20.18%	18.62%
2014-15	19.51% 0.20%	20.16% -0.02%	19.03% 0.41%
2015-16	19.43% -0.09%	20.10% -0.06%	18.92% -0.10%
2016-17	18.11% -1.31%	18.65% -1.45%	17.74% -1.19%
2017-18	16.90% -1.21%	17.33% -1.32%	16.61% -1.13%
2018-19	17.14% 0.23%	17.92% 0.59%	16.58% -0.03%
2019-20	17.86% 0.73%	18.40% 0.48%	17.47% 0.89%
2020-21	14.52% -3.34%	14.07% -4.33%	14.85% -2.62%
2021-22	16.00% 1.48%	16.00% 1.93%	16.00% 1.14%
2022-23	17.31% 1.31%	17.94% 1.95%	16.88% 0.89%
2023-24	16.00% -1.31%	16.00% -1.94%	17.00% 0.11%
Average	17.46%	17.88%	17.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 86,888, the average number of admitted is 27,945, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,836.

The number of UCSB applicants decreased by -0.11% (124 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-Santa Barbara from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	55,258	24,556	4,741
2014-15	66,813 20.91%	24,283 -1.11%	4,738 -0.06%
2015-16	70,536 5.57%	23,026 -5.18%	4,473 -5.59%
2016-17	77,112 9.32%	27,581 19.78%	4,996 11.69%
2017-18	81,824 6.11%	26,846 -2.66%	4,538 -9.17%
2018-19	92,306 12.81%	29,726 10.73%	5,094 12.25%
2019-20	93,446 1.24%	27,626 -7.06%	4,935 -3.12%
2020-21	90,961 -2.66%	33,384 20.84%	4,847 -1.78%
2021-22	105,641 16.14%	30,636 -8.23%	4,902 1.13%
2022-23	110,995 5.07%	28,688 -6.36%	4,967 1.33%
2023-24	110,871 -0.11%	31,044 8.21%	4,967
Average	86,888	27,945	4,836

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of California-Santa Barbara and similar schools.