Public Ivy
UCSB is considered to be a "Public Ivy". The 2021 edition of "U.S. News &amp; World Report" ranked UC Santa Barbara as tied for the 6th best public university and tied for the 30th best university in the United States. "Money" magazine ranked UC Santa Barbara 30th in the U.S. out of the 744 schools it evaluated for its 2019 Best Colleges ranking. In 2019, "Kiplinger" ranked UCSB 30th out of 174 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and fifth in California. UC Santa Barbara was ranked 32nd in the United States out of 1,380 colleges and universities by Payscale and CollegeNet's 2018 Social Mobility Index rankings.