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Art & design at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara graduates about 128 art & design majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 120th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

78/100Strong#120 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year1282% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$46,0001.03× the same major nationally
Research in the field$291Ka year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school

Around UC Santa Barbara

The East Asian Library in Davidson Library, UCSB
East Asian Library of UCSBPhoto: AndyHe829 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
the Ti-Nspire CX ii CAS
CxcasiiPhoto: Prezi2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oneweb mission. This one involved the booster returning to base.
Spacex Launch as seen from UCSB (54239527832)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB (51203940477)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art, Design & Architecture Museum.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Loyola University Chicago 79
  2. University of Oregon 79
  3. University of Richmond 79
  4. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 78
  5. University of Minnesota–Duluth 78
  6. University of Tennessee–Knoxville 78
  7. University of North Texas 78
  8. North Carolina State University 78

Other strong majors at UC Santa Barbara

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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