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(805) 893-8000
www.ucsb.edu/
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one out of 10 campuses of the University of California. Its current student body is around 18,000. U.S. News ranks UCSB the 47th best university in the United States. The faculty of UCSB received five Nobel Prizes since 1998, for landmark research in chemistry, physics, and economics.
In April 2006, Playboy Magazine named UCSB the #2 party school in its College Girl Edition. In 2005, the Princeton Review ranked it as the #4 party school in the nation, up from #22. However in 2006, UCSB dropped to the position of #10 in the nation.
UCSB is also a politically active campus. The UCSB Campus Democrats and the UCSB College Republicans are also among the most active organizations on campus. Over the years, other political parties and organizations have also been known to be extremely active on campus, such as the Environmental Affairs Board, Green Party, Libertarians, NORML, and the Queer Student Union.
The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. UCSB's sports teams compete in the Big West Conference, with the exception of the men's and women's water polo teams and the men's volleyball team, which are in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Santa Barbara is best known for its women's basketball and men's soccer teams.
(805) 893-8000
www.ucsb.edu/
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one out of 10 campuses of the University of California. Its current student body is around 18,000. U.S. News ranks UCSB the 47th best university in the United States. The faculty of UCSB received five Nobel Prizes since 1998, for landmark research in chemistry, physics, and economics.
In April 2006, Playboy Magazine named UCSB the #2 party school in its College Girl Edition. In 2005, the Princeton Review ranked it as the #4 party school in the nation, up from #22. However in 2006, UCSB dropped to the position of #10 in the nation.
UCSB is also a politically active campus. The UCSB Campus Democrats and the UCSB College Republicans are also among the most active organizations on campus. Over the years, other political parties and organizations have also been known to be extremely active on campus, such as the Environmental Affairs Board, Green Party, Libertarians, NORML, and the Queer Student Union.
The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. UCSB's sports teams compete in the Big West Conference, with the exception of the men's and women's water polo teams and the men's volleyball team, which are in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Santa Barbara is best known for its women's basketball and men's soccer teams.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
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Coordinates: 34°24'48"N 119°50'54"W
- California State University, Channel Islands 78 km
- California Lutheran University 91 km
- Pepperdine University 112 km
- California State University Northridge 122 km
- California State University, Bakersfield 125 km
- California Polytechnic State University 126 km
- University of California, Los Angeles 134 km
- Loyola Marymount University 140 km
- California State University, Dominguez Hills 158 km
- California State University, Los Angeles 159 km
- Isla Vista, California 1.2 km
- Santa Barbara Airport (SBA/KSBA) 1.4 km
- Coal Oil Point Reserve 2.8 km
- Lake Los Carneros Park 3.2 km
- Por La Mar Nursery 3.4 km
- Asphalt volcanoes, oil, gas, and tar seeps 4.2 km
- Glen Annie Golf Club 4.7 km
- More Mesa 4.8 km
- Submarine Landslide 15 km
- Los Padres National Forest 59 km
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