University of California Santa Barbara Ranking

While the tier status of the university as a whole is unknown, the University of California Santa Barbara is among a select number of "R1 institutions" in the United States for research. 

R1 is used to refer those institutions that are known for conducting a very high volume of research work over the course of an academic year, with a large chunk of the budget, also invested to the institute's research work.

The "R1" tag is granted by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

The University of California Santa Barbara is among the top universities in USA for continuing higher education. When it comes to ranking, UC Santa Barbara is one of the top-ranked universities in the world. According to Shiksha Popularity Rankings, the University of California Santa Barbara has an overall ranking of #29 in USA. Check the table listed below for UC Santa Barbara ranking by top ranking publisher all over the world:

According to the Times Higher Education (THE), the University of California Santa Barbara ranks at #67 under the category of “World University Rankings 2025”. Moreover, the UC Santa Barbara popular programs are also ranked by THE such as Arts and Humanities at #84, Computer Science #62, Engineering #47, Life Science #101-125, and more. Students can check the table listed below for the parameters that are evaluated by THE while ranking UC Santa Barbara:

The University of California Santa Barbara and UC Riverside are some of the most esteemed universities in USA. According to QS, the University of California Santa Barbara ranks at #178 under the category of “World University Rankings 2025”. Whereas, University of California Riverside ranks at #497 under the “World University Rankings 2025”. Check the table listed below for QS rankings of both the universities over the past years: