Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 78.00
Liaison Katie Maynard
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of California, Santa Barbara
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.84 / 4.00 Jewel Persad
Sustainability Manager
Administration
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Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
82.80

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
77

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
43.69

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
85

Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
UC's Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan helps ensure that students will not have to pay UC’s system-wide tuition and fees out of their own pocket if they are a California resident whose total family income is less than $80,000 a year and qualify for financial aid.

More information can be found at:
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-aid/blue-and-gold-opportunity-plan.html

A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
The Office of Education Partnership's mission leads our staff to have active roles in:
-Designing, implementing, and evaluating programs that increase college-going rates among historically underrepresented, first-generation, and low-income K-12 students, in our region.
-Promoting coordination and collaboration across the campus' academic preparation and outreach programs by providing staff time, evaluation support, and funding for affiliated efforts.
-Contributing to regional efforts to improve P-20 service coordination across many communities with affiliated university departments, schools, and other partners.

For more information visit: https://oep.ucsb.edu/

Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data Sources
UCSB Campus Profiles 2022-2023: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KV8GjmZCZQI7VlFbYteVU-qxZmcmUxe3/view
UCSB Common Data Set 2022-2023:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wpQRPYJZSKZUJHE7cI7jU3PLfehltLlQ/view
Graduation Rates:
https://bap.ucsb.edu/institutional-research/retention-and-graduation-rates

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