UC Santa Cruz vs. UC Santa Barbara

sentimentGX4
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:09:50 +0000

^Not relative to Davis, Irvine, San Diego, or Berkeley, IMO.

As a reference, here is the student profile of some of UCSB’s most popular majors compared to Davis and Irvine.
UCSB: [College Search - University of California: Santa Barbara - UCSB - Majors](College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
UCI: [College Search - University of California: Irvine - UCI - Majors](College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
UCD: [College Search - University of California: Davis - UC Davis - Majors](College Search - BigFuture | College Board)

As for UCLA, it’s a tad bit more math/science oriented than UC Santa Barbara by major choice so that definitely makes UCSB one of the less “sciency” UCs.

I’m not saying UC Santa Barbara’s Biology and Chemistry programs aren’t good, it’s just not the go-to UC for many students who want to major in those areas.