Enrollment Trends at UCSB

The student population at University of California-Santa Barbara is 26,133 (23,181 undergraduate and 2,952 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,636 (11.22%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UCSB is 88.70% which is increased by 2,574 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 62 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, down from 93 in 2015.
57 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 280.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,611 where 26,133 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 26,420 students in 2023 and was lowest at 23,497 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 23,497 to 26,133 students, a net gain of 2,636 (11.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,497	20,607	9,721	10,886	2,890	1,605	1,285
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
2023-24	26,068 -352	23,232 -227	9,983 -377	13,249 150	2,836 -125	1,458 -87	1,378 -38
2024-25	26,133 65	23,181 -51	9,830 -153	13,351 102	2,952 116	1,536 78	1,416 38
Average	25,611	22,695	10,177	12,517	2,917	1,581	1,336

University of California-Santa Barbara Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 22,695 where 23,181 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	23,232	22,659	9,687	12,972	573	296	277
2024-25	23,181	22,674	9,557	13,117	507	273	234
Average	22,695	22,695	9,890	12,283	22,695	287	235

University of California-Santa Barbara Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,917 where 2,952 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,836	2,616	1,365	1,251	220	93	127
2024-25	2,952	2,683	1,418	1,265	269	118	151
Average	2,917	2,917	1,483	1,228	2,917	97	109

University of California-Santa Barbara Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.91% and the percentage of black students is 2.14% at University of California-Santa Barbara. 17.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 36.30% to 31.91%. Asian enrollment declined from 17.94% to 17.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.10% to 2.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.54% to 25.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7958 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7746 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Santa Barbara over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	48	4,678	565	6,394	20	8,369	2,082
2024-25	39	4,514	560	6,652	17	8,340	2,230
Average	47	4,458	538	6,151	29	8,397	1,983

University of California-Santa Barbara Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

57 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has increased 280.00% since 2019. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Santa Barbara from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	26,068	34	2,178	23,856
2024-25	26,133	57	1,195	24,881
Average	25,611	2,535	1,203	21,874

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Enrollment Trends at UCSB

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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