University of California - Santa Barbara PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

26 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at University of California - Santa Barbara. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
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How Much Does a Doctorate in Biological & Biomedical Sciences from UCSB Cost?

$13,568 Average Tuition and Fees

UCSB Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$2,126	$2,126

Does UCSB Offer an Online PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences?

UCSB does not offer an online option for its biological and biomedical sciences doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSB Online Learning page.

UCSB Doctorate Student Diversity for Biological & Biomedical Sciences

26 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

57.7% Women

7.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 26 students received their doctor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 57.7% of the biological and biomedical sciences students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences at UCSB in 2019-2020, 7.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 21%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences Focus Areas at UCSB

Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	15
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	1

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.