University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is part of the University of California university system. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the ancestor of the California State University system in 1909 and then moved over to the University of California system in 1944. It is the third-oldest undergraduate campus in the system, after UC Berkeley and UCLA. Total student enrollment for 2022 was 23,460 undergraduate and 2,961 graduate students.
The Storke Tower and the University Center in front of the UCSB Lagoon.
A view over the school's lagoon to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands
Henley Gate (eastern entrance) at sunset
Entrance of the University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria.
Image: Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Image: Aerial Lake Cachuma East End
Image: Main Gate Vandenberg AFB
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