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University of California - Santa Barbara MA in Philosophy

The main focus area for this major is Philosophy. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Philosophy is a major offered under the philosophy and religious studies program of study at University of California - Santa Barbara. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in philosophy, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Related Majors
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Philosophy from UCSB Cost?

UCSB Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

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

Does UCSB Offer an Online MA in Philosophy?

Online degrees for the UCSB philosophy master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSB Online Learning page.

UCSB Master’s Student Diversity for Philosophy

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 3 master’s degrees in philosophy handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 33.3% of the philosophy students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a master’s degree at UCSB in philosophy at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

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

MA in Philosophy Focus Areas at UCSB

Philosophy students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	3

Majors Related to a MA in Philosophy From UCSB

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to philosophy.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Religious Studies	2

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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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.