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UCSB Comparisons

Santa Barbara, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

C
University of California Los Angeles

Equivalent in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

Equivalent in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

Equivalent in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

Equivalent in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
San Jose State University

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

Equivalent in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

Equivalent in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

Equivalent in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

S
Stanford University

$49,897 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$54,806 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


P
Pepperdine University

$54,156 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$45,836 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$45,768 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$46,753 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$50,566 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$48,982 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$50,072 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$51,016 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$42,672 higher in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$30,766 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Redlands

$45,430 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$54,120 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$51,966 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$51,382 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


W
Whittier College

$37,090 higher in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$38,716 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$34,870 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$38,046 higher in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$22,548 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$40,154 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$50,166 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$16,866 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
University of Florida

$7,357 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Austin

$156 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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University of Michigan

$5,062 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$7,838 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$4,815 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$864 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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The University of Alabama

$734 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$8 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$1,945 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$2,190 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$310 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$5,299 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$2,116 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$5,656 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$37 higher in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$2,950 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

$1,576 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$1,522 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$4,764 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$4,764 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$4,757 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$878 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$8,320 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$2,730 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$1,840 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$2,662 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$4,904 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$4,498 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$2,169 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$4,904 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$4,904 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$3,002 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate