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University of California—Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California
www.ucsb.edu

Introduction
Academic Life
Student Life
Other Information

Introduction: The normal school

What is today the University of California at Santa Barbara was founded in 1909 as the Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics. It later became a teachers’ college, before finally joining the University of California system in 1944. In 2003 and 2005, UCSB was named one of Newsweek’s “twelve hottest American colleges.” Five Nobel prizes in nine years will... [Purchase this review to continue reading]

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School Criteria

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Region: West
State: California
Religious affiliation: None
Total enrollment: 15,000 – 24,999
SAT CR/Verbal Midrange: > 475
SAT Math Midrange: > 475
ACT Midrange: > 23
Applicants: 25,000 – 49,999
Applicants accepted: 50% – 64%
Tuition (general/out of state): $25,000 – $29,999
Room and board: > $12,000
Student-faculty ratio: < 24:1
Most popular majors: Business/Marketing, Psychology, Social Sciences
Campus Politics: Green