U.S. News & World Report Ranks UCSB Top Ten Again

In its 2018 listing of the “Top 30 Public National Universities” in the country, U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Santa Barbara No. 8.  Among the “Best National Universities” ranking, which includes both public and private institutions, UCSB placed No. 37.

UCSB’s College of Engineering ranked No. 20 among public universities on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Programs at Engineering Schools Whose Highest Degree is a Doctorate.” 

In addition, UCSB placed No. 14 among public universities in the “Least Debt” section of the magazine’s ranking of student debt load at graduation. Also among public universities, UCSB placed No. 13 on the “Best Ethnic Diversity” ranking.

Read on about how the ranking system works.

By Andrea Estrada, Writer for The UCSB Current