University of California-Santa Barbara
University of California-Santa Barbara is a public college in Santa Barbara, CA. Its average net price is $16,807 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.
Money
Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year
Average Net Price by Family Income
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $9,523 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $10,281 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $14,181 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $18,954 |
| $110,001 and up | $36,658 |
Admissions
Outcomes
| Horizon | Median Earnings |
|---|---|
| 6 years after entry | $61,127 |
| 8 years after entry | $72,394 |
| 10 years after entry | $82,568 |
Campus Facts
Programs and What They Pay
Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.
| Major | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | $37,165 n=136 | $10,859 Small program - rough guide n=90 |
| Applied Mathematics | $62,507 Small program - rough guide n=69 | $11,567 Small program - rough guide n=56 |
| Area Studies | $38,972 National median for this major n=3,356 | Not published |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | $43,049 National median for this major n=8,694 | $5,500 Small program - rough guide n=31 |
| Biology | $38,556 n=216 | $11,571 n=223 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | $56,982 National median for this major n=4,348 | Not published |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | $48,186 Small program - rough guide n=30 | Not published |
| Chemical Engineering | $82,313 Small program - rough guide n=37 | Not published |
| Chemistry | $56,258 Small program - rough guide n=81 | $14,407 Small program - rough guide n=77 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $33,198 National median for this major n=732 | Not published |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | $32,846 National median for this major n=5,303 | Not published |
| Communications | $51,428 n=451 | $12,000 n=342 |
| Computer Engineering | $101,093 Small program - rough guide n=40 | $10,000 Small program - rough guide n=33 |
| Computer Science | $121,223 Small program - rough guide n=79 | $10,000 Small program - rough guide n=51 |
| Dance | $28,513 National median for this major n=2,991 | Not published |
| Data Science | $76,968 National median for this major n=322 | Not published |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | $30,366 Small program - rough guide n=31 | Not published |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $36,286 National median for this major n=1,258 | Not published |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | $38,535 Small program - rough guide n=58 | $12,000 Small program - rough guide n=45 |
| Economics | $70,608 n=395 | $12,000 n=312 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | $87,938 Small program - rough guide n=46 | Not published |
| English Language and Literature, General | $35,102 n=125 | $12,000 n=117 |
| Environmental Conservation | $42,711 n=301 | $11,564 n=224 |
| Ethnic and Gender Studies | $39,589 n=109 | $11,005 Small program - rough guide n=74 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | $35,065 n=147 | $10,997 n=128 |
| Geography and Cartography | $45,501 Small program - rough guide n=85 | $11,817 Small program - rough guide n=47 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | $41,816 Small program - rough guide n=32 | Not published |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $39,364 National median for this major n=755 | Not published |
| History | $35,364 n=137 | $11,667 n=125 |
| International/Globalization Studies | $46,238 n=180 | $12,750 Small program - rough guide n=91 |
| Languages and Linguistics | $31,482 n=102 | $10,500 Small program - rough guide n=77 |
| Liberal Arts | $42,801 National median for this major n=38,048 | Not published |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $68,249 National median for this major n=9,765 | Not published |
| Mathematics | $54,285 Small program - rough guide n=64 | $13,000 Small program - rough guide n=55 |
| Mechanical Engineering | $80,791 Small program - rough guide n=50 | $12,166 Small program - rough guide n=37 |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | $26,921 National median for this major n=35 | Not published |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | $41,538 National median for this major n=2,315 | Not published |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | $47,819 National median for this major n=24,237 | Not published |
| Music | $33,156 National median for this major n=13,251 | Not published |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | $44,728 National median for this major n=2,888 | Not published |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | $46,329 National median for this major n=148 | $11,000 Small program - rough guide n=36 |
| Philosophy | $38,395 Small program - rough guide n=91 | $11,599 Small program - rough guide n=68 |
| Physics | $64,520 Small program - rough guide n=69 | $12,910 Small program - rough guide n=68 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | $35,467 National median for this major n=4,169 | Not published |
| Political Science and Government | $43,555 n=228 | $11,963 n=236 |
| Psychology | $37,251 National median for this major n=100,431 | Not published |
| Religion/Religious Studies | $28,307 National median for this major n=4,315 | Not published |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | $39,116 n=406 | $10,000 n=414 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $34,041 Small program - rough guide n=72 | $14,500 Small program - rough guide n=43 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $41,787 National median for this major n=353 | Not published |
| Sociology | $40,249 n=732 | $9,825 n=515 |
| Statistics | $67,908 n=146 | $13,500 n=135 |
| Studio Art | $33,711 Small program - rough guide n=98 | $10,979 Small program - rough guide n=79 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | $33,118 National median for this major n=2,431 | Not published |
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