Enrollment Trends at UCSB

The student population at University of California-Santa Barbara is 26,420 (23,459 undergraduate and 2,961 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,493 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCSB is 88.79% which is increased by 4,482 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

10 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,131.76% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 24,647 where 26,420 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,482 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 11 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UCSB than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,927	18,977	8,955	10,022	2,950	1,645	1,305
2013-14	22,225 298	19,362 385	9,237 282	10,125 103	2,863 -87	1,611 -34	1,252 -53
2014-15	23,051 826	20,238 876	9,604 367	10,634 509	2,813 -50	1,569 -42	1,244 -8
2015-16	23,497 446	20,607 369	9,721 117	10,886 252	2,890 77	1,605 36	1,285 41
2016-17	24,346 849	21,574 967	10,060 339	11,514 628	2,772 -118	1,565 -40	1,207 -78
2017-18	25,057 711	22,186 612	10,174 114	12,012 498	2,871 99	1,615 50	1,256 49
2018-19	25,976 919	23,070 884	10,516 342	12,554 542	2,906 35	1,632 17	1,274 18
2019-20	26,314 338	23,349 279	10,608 92	12,741 187	2,965 59	1,642 10	1,323 49
2020-21	26,179 -135	23,196 -153	10,405 -203	12,791 50	2,983 18	1,594 -48	1,389 66
2021-22	26,124 -55	23,091 -105	10,116 -289	12,975 184	3,033 50	1,613 19	1,420 31
2022-23	26,420 296	23,459 368	10,360 244	13,099 124	2,961 -72	1,545 -68	1,416 -4
Average	24,647	21,737	9,978	11,759	2,910	1,603	1,306

University of California-Santa Barbara Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 21,737 where 23,459 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,977	18,715	8,806	9,909	262	149	113
2013-14	19,362	19,076	9,065	10,011	286	172	114
2014-15	20,238	19,914	9,405	10,509	324	199	125
2015-16	20,607	20,243	9,503	10,740	364	218	146
2016-17	21,574	21,199	9,840	11,359	375	220	155
2017-18	22,186	21,777	9,958	11,819	409	216	193
2018-19	23,070	22,601	10,240	12,361	469	276	193
2019-20	23,349	22,846	10,319	12,527	503	289	214
2020-21	23,196	22,480	10,004	12,476	716	401	315
2021-22	23,091	22,458	9,789	12,669	633	327	306
2022-23	23,459	22,793	10,006	12,787	666	354	312
Average	21,737	21,737	9,721	11,561	21,737	256	199

University of California-Santa Barbara Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,910 where 2,961 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,950	2,785	1,571	1,214	165	74	91
2013-14	2,863	2,695	1,536	1,159	168	75	93
2014-15	2,813	2,619	1,480	1,139	194	89	105
2015-16	2,890	2,733	1,536	1,197	157	69	88
2016-17	2,772	2,604	1,481	1,123	168	84	84
2017-18	2,871	2,688	1,524	1,164	183	91	92
2018-19	2,906	2,719	1,541	1,178	187	91	96
2019-20	2,965	2,787	1,544	1,243	178	98	80
2020-21	2,983	2,774	1,496	1,278	209	98	111
2021-22	3,033	2,786	1,500	1,286	247	113	134
2022-23	2,961	2,721	1,428	1,293	240	117	123
Average	2,910	2,910	1,512	1,207	2,910	91	100

University of California-Santa Barbara Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.86% and the percentage of black students is 2.06% at University of California-Santa Barbara. 17.85% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Santa Barbara over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	43	3,478	462	4,846	22	9,419	1,454
2013-14	32	3,645	452	5,037	17	9,110	1,655
2014-15	45	4,106	472	5,366	24	8,854	1,732
2015-16	48	4,215	494	5,532	32	8,530	1,759
2016-17	48	4,240	501	5,902	31	8,503	1,853
2017-18	53	4,297	563	6,144	29	8,384	1,868
2018-19	47	4,412	552	6,279	29	8,346	1,913
2019-20	52	4,349	540	6,120	37	8,239	1,990
2020-21	53	4,594	553	6,033	38	8,288	2,043
2021-22	38	4,568	511	6,222	31	8,550	2,038
2022-23	40	4,715	543	6,231	27	8,418	2,055
Average	45	4,238	513	5,792	29	8,604	1,851

University of California-Santa Barbara Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,131.76% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Santa Barbara from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	23,051	0	85	22,966
2015-16	23,497	0	162	23,335
2016-17	24,346	0	164	24,182
2017-18	25,057	0	246	24,811
2018-19	25,976	0	365	25,611
2019-20	26,314	15	392	25,907
2020-21	26,179	25,164	985	30
2021-22	26,124	69	3,596	22,459
2022-23	26,420	10	2,747	23,663
Average	25,218	2,806	971	21,440

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