The University of California, Santa Barbara began as the Anna Blake School in 1891, training students in home economics and industrial arts. It later became the Santa Barbara State Normal School and State College before becoming part of the UC system in 1958 as a small liberal arts college. UCSB is located 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles in the beach city of Santa Barbara, which has a mild climate between 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit. The campus offers various housing residence halls and meal plan options that range in annual cost from $11,334 to $16,534. Overall, the estimated total annual cost of attendance for a student is $34,177 when including tuition, fees, housing, meals and other expenses.

1. UCSB
University of California Santa
Barbara

2. Background
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Anna Blake School (18911909)
 training in home economics
and industrial arts
 Santa Barbara State Normal
School (1909-21)
 Santa Barbara State College
(1921-44)
 Santa Barbara College of the
University of California (194458)
 small, several thousandstudent liberal arts college

3. UCSB Environment
Location
100 miles northwest of Los
Weather
Angeles.
50-70s
Surrounding city- Isla Vista
Beach city weather
50s-70s

6. Housing (Residence Halls)
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Anacapa
San Rafael
Manzanita
Village
Santa
Catalina
San Miguel
Santa Cruz
San
Nicholas
Santa
Rosa

7. MEAL
PLAN
OPTIONS
SINGLE
ROOM
DOUBLE
ROOM
TRIPLE
ROOM
(SMALL
DOUBLE)
*
unlimited
entries/
week
$16,534
$15,034
$12,234
($11,334)
17 meals
$16,084
$14,584
$11,784
($10,884)
14 meals
$15,711
$14,211
$11,411
($10,511)
10 meals
$15,411
$13,911
$11,111
($10,211)

8. UCSB Facts
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Undergraduate studentto-faculty ratio is 18:1.
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1,800 classes each
quarter
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Faculty Size 1,050
Enrollment 21,685
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Biological sciences
Economics
Psychology
Communication
Political science
Chemistry/biochemistry
English
Sociology
Physics
Computer science
History
Film and media studies

9. 3.91 mean GPA
1851 mean SAT score
41% GPA of 4.0 or above
609 mean Verbal SAT score
634 mean Math SAT score
Applicants: 55,249
Admitted: 24,622 (45.0%)
Estimated Enrolled: 4,650

10. COST
Tuition
Campus based fees
Books and supplies
Health care
Loan fees
Room and board
Personal expenses
Telephone/cell
Transportation
Total
12,192
1,554
1,444
2,414
126
13,805
1,479
310
853
34,177