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UC Santa Barbara Common Data Set 2025-26
CATest policy: Test-blind: SAT/ACT not considered for admission (C8A No); AP, institutional exam and UC-AWPE used for placement.Compare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
38.2%
42,093 of 110,187
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into UC Santa Barbara: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 427Waitlisted 86Rejected 160Preview
Self-reported by 673 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't UC Santa Barbara's official data. 19 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 673 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 110,187 |
| AdmittedC1 | 42,093 |
| EnrolledC1 | 5,081 |
| YieldC1 | 12.1% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 25,713 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 18,022 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 9,603 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 53.3% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 4.29 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 87.8% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 9% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 2.6% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 0.6% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $14,202 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $53,472 |
| Required feesG1 | $3,441 |
| Food and housingG1 | $23,974 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 18.5% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 82.4% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $35,891 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $32,900 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordImportant
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
- Talent/abilityConsidered
- Character/personal qualitiesConsidered
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workConsidered
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 23,091 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 93.5% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 84% |
Notes on this filing
- Year is 2025-26 (Fall 2025 data); cost figures in G1 are the 2026-2027 academic year estimates.
- C1: totals taken from the printed residency-table totals (110187 applied, 42093 admitted, 5081 enrolled), which match the sums of the gender columns.
- C2: waitlist labels are cut off; mapped by position to offered (25713), accepted a place (18022), and admitted from waitlist (9603).
- C8A: SAT/ACT not used in admission and C8F is blank, so the policy is consistent; test submission percentages and C9 score profiles are blank.
- C10 (class rank) and C9 (test scores) are blank in the filing; class rank not reported.
- B4-B11: 4-year graduation rate is not printed; only the 6-year rate (84%) is stated for the Fall 2019 cohort, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- B22: retention rate 93.48% as printed (4663 of 4988 retained).
- H2: pct_need_fully_met computed as line h (422) divided by line d (2282) = 18.5%. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed and was left null.
- H2: avg_need_based_grant uses line K (need-based scholarship/grant award); avg_need_based_package uses line J.
- G1: tuition is shown as separate in-state and out-of-state rates for a public institution, so the single tuition field is null.
- Early decision and early action are both marked No in C21 and C22.
Source: UC Santa Barbara Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.