University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · IPEDS UNITID 110705 · Common Data Set 2019-20 to 2025-26

In 2025-26: 110,187 applied, 42,093 admitted (38.2%), 5,081 enrolled. ✓ matches IPEDS; ! differs from IPEDS (the college filed different numbers in the two places, or see the verification table).

Common Data Set year2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
Applied93,457 !90,963 !103,174 !111,006 !110,876 !108,653 !110,187
Admitted27,626 !33,385 !30,039 !28,689 !30,805 !35,852 !42,093
Admit rate29.6%36.7%29.1%25.8%27.8%33.0%38.2%
Enrolled5,0435,081
Yield16.4%12.1%
Waitlist offered8,8639,88514,07616,34015,68915,95825,713
Waitlist admitted6036,1032,0932,7935,4938,7159,603
SAT 25th–75th1260–14601250–1450
ACT 25th–75th25–33 !26–33 !
Average GPA4.184.174.254.294.304.304.29
Early decision offeredNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Tuition
Tuition, in-state$11,994$11,442$11,928$12,522$13,146$14,202
Tuition, out-of-state$43,188$41,196$42,954$45,096$47,346$53,472
Need met, average99.7%73.4%78.4%83.9%83.3%82.4%
Average aid package$30,801$21,300$24,798$26,996$29,143$35,891
Student-faculty ratio17.017.0

Every number

2019-20 JSON / CSV · 2020-21 JSON / CSV · 2021-22 JSON / CSV · 2022-23 JSON / CSV · 2023-24 JSON / CSV · 2024-25 JSON / CSV · 2025-26 JSON / CSV

Sources

Original filings: 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · 2025-26. Read from the file by Claude Haiku (section by section, page images), or taken exactly from the official spreadsheet answer key where the college filed one. Each JSON row carries the method and the IPEDS verification status.