UC Santa Barbara's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of California-Santa Barbara students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of California-Santa Barbara students is 85.4%. Female students graduated at a rate of 88.5%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 81.5%.

85.4%

asian 89.3% 887 students
African American 76.4% 81 students
white 87.9% 1,231 students
unknown 83.3% 55 students
hawaiian 83.3% 10 students
hispanic 81.4% 1,017 students
International Students 83.6% 285 students
Mixed Race 83.6% 235 students

Drop Out

University of California-Santa Barbara has an overall drop-out rate of 14.0% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 17.5% and 11.2% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

14.0%

asian 10.1% 100 students
African American 23.6% 25 students
white 11.6% 163 students
unknown 16.7% 11 students
hawaiian 16.7% 2 students
hispanic 17.7% 221 students
International Students 16.1% 55 students
Mixed Race 16.0% 45 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.6%

asian 0.6% 6 students
white 0.5% 7 students
hispanic 1.0% 12 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$86,276	$81,554	$96,623
Computer Engineering	$83,726	$76,773	$94,355
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$70,445	$72,134	$88,523
Chemical Engineering	$61,540	$59,485	$73,916
Mechanical Engineering	$68,678	$60,452	$73,907
Economics	$59,465	$60,790	$73,844
Applied Mathematics	$49,765	$59,536	$71,984
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$54,194	$52,107	$71,014
Statistics	$46,652	$47,650	$66,826
Physics	$49,863	$52,107	$60,670
Communication and Media Studies	$41,054	$41,889	$54,875
Chemistry	$40,310	$46,620	$53,018
Mathematics	$41,219	$44,835	$51,928
Geography and Cartography	$32,729	$33,993	$48,641
Political Science and Government	$35,379	$33,859	$47,759
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$33,029	$37,568	$46,823
Biology, General	$30,350	$33,565	$46,620
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$23,017	$38,289	$44,609
International/Global Studies	$35,213	$34,660	$44,390
Sociology	$28,687	$30,719	$43,205
Research and Experimental Psychology	$28,978	$30,899	$42,698
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$27,057	$29,064	$42,119
History	$26,516	$30,891	$41,366
Philosophy	$25,487	$31,314	$39,571
Anthropology	$28,935	$27,639	$38,954
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$28,971	$33,281	$38,266
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$26,790	$30,988	$37,482
Fine and Studio Arts	$21,605	$27,048	$36,625
English Language and Literature, General	$29,434	$29,685	$36,606
Area Studies	$19,866	$30,409	$34,028
Zoology/Animal Biology	$24,510	$20,687	$33,541
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$26,780	$21,312	$32,201
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$24,656	$21,508	$27,279
Pharmacology and Toxicology	$46,278	NA	NA
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$37,928	$39,369	NA
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$25,193	$25,194	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$28,592	$21,508	NA
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$36,796	$25,967	NA
Music	$22,669	NA	NA
Religion/Religious Studies	$26,438	NA	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Education, General	NA	$63,997	$66,809
Physics	NA	$95,688	NA
Chemistry	$104,226	$94,408	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$51,972	$57,860	$70,694
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	NA	$69,338	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Education, General	NA	NA	$58,641

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