University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a four-year, public school located in Santa Barbara, CA.
It offers 112 graduate programs - 58 Master's, 50 Doctorate, and 4 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $15,124 for in-state and $30,226 for out-of-state students.
A total of 2,952 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 26,133 students at UCSB.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $15,124 for California residents and $30,226 for out-of-state students. It offers 112 graduate programs.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | University of California-Santa Barbara |
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| Type | Four-year, Public |
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| Address | 5221 Cheadle Hall, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Graduate School Students | 2,836 students |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | In-State$15,124
Out-of-State$30,226 |
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| Student to Faculty | 17:1 (5.88%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 112 Graduate Programs
58 Master's, 50 Doctorate, 4 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at University of California-Santa Barbara
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Santa Barbara with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $15,124 and $30,226 for non-California residents.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| In-State | Out-of-State |
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| Tuition | $12,762 | $27,864 |
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| Fees | $2,362 | $2,362 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,381 |
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| Room & Board | $20,279 (On-Campus) / $17,047 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $6,833 (On-Campus) / $7,460 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $43,617 | $58,719 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $41,012 | $56,114 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| In-State | $13,568 | $13,581 | $13,872 | $14,453 | $15,124 |
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| Out-of-State | $28,670 | $28,683 | $28,974 | $29,555 | $30,226 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
University of California-Santa Barbara offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 112 major areas - 58 Master's, 50 Doctorate, 4 Post-Bachelor's. 562 students have been conferred Master's degree and 370 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 562 | 370 | 91 | - |
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| Men | 285 | 211 | 16 | - |
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| Women | 277 | 159 | 75 | - |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Linguistics | 2 |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Comparative Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | NOT OFFER |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| French Language and Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Portuguese Language and Literature | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Spanish Language and Literature | 1 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other) | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other) | NOT OFFER |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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Graduate Student Population
UCSB graduate schools have a total of 2,836 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 1,458 male and 1,378 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 2,616 full-time and 220 part-time students in graduate schools.
By race/ethnicity 1,007 White, 94 Black, and 345 Asian students are attending at University of California-Santa Barbara. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
70 grad students are younger than 22 and 107 students are older than 65. It has 2,120 students aged between 22 and 30 and 655 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 2,836 |
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| Men | 1,458 |
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| Women | 1,378 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 2,836 |
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| Full-time Students | 2,616 |
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| Part-time Students | 220 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 2,836 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 13 |
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| Asian | 345 |
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| Black | 94 |
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| Hispanic | 351 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 6 |
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| White | 1,007 |
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| Two or more races | 28 |
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| Un-Known | 35 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 2,836 |
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| 21 & Under | 70 |
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| 22-24 | 808 |
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| 25-29 | 1,312 |
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| 30-34 | 509 |
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| 35-39 | 146 |
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| 40 & Over | 107 |
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