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The most popular University of California, Santa Barbara undergraduate major is Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. Sociology and Communication, General are other popular majors.
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 630 |
| Sociology | 602 |
| Communication, General | 531 |
| Experimental Psychology | 451 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 379 |
| Environmental Studies | 302 |
| Statistics, General | 266 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 212 |
| International/Global Studies | 172 |
| Computer Science | 159 |
| Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology | 158 |
| Physics, General | 153 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 152 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 136 |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 136 |
| Anthropology | 133 |
| Mathematics, General | 111 |
| History, General | 103 |
| Philosophy | 96 |
| Chemistry, General | 90 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 78 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 72 |
| Sociology | 70 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 68 |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | 65 |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 64 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 62 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other | 54 |
| Chemical Engineering | 53 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 52 |
| Linguistics | 52 |
| Communication, General | 51 |
| Pharmacology | 50 |
| Actuarial Science | 47 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 45 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 44 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 42 |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 41 |
| Microbiology, General | 38 |
| History, Other | 37 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 33 |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies | 31 |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 29 |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 28 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 27 |
| Comparative Literature | 26 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 26 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 26 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other | 26 |
| Statistics, General | 25 |
| Biochemistry | 21 |
| Mathematics, General | 21 |
| Women’s Studies | 21 |
| Geography | 20 |
| Music, General | 20 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 17 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 16 |
| Environmental Studies | 16 |
| International/Global Studies | 16 |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 16 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 15 |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 13 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 13 |
| Philosophy | 13 |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | 12 |
| Women’s Studies | 12 |
| Asian-American Studies | 11 |
| Chemistry, Other | 11 |
| Dance, General | 11 |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 10 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 10 |
| History, General | 10 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 10 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 9 |
| Linguistics | 9 |
| Music Theory and Composition | 9 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 8 |
| Physics, General | 8 |
| Anthropology | 7 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 7 |
| History, Other | 6 |
| Physiology, General | 6 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 5 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 5 |
| Experimental Psychology | 5 |
| French Language and Literature | 5 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 5 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other | 5 |
| Area Studies, Other | 4 |
| Asian-American Studies | 4 |
| Comparative Literature | 4 |
| Hydrology and Water Resources Science | 4 |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 4 |
| Pharmacology | 4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 3 |
| Geography | 3 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 3 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 2 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 2 |
| Area Studies, Other | 2 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 2 |
| Chemistry, General | 2 |
| Computer Science | 2 |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 2 |
| French Language and Literature | 2 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 2 |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 2 |
| Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology | 2 |
| Portuguese Language and Literature | 2 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 1 |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 1 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 1 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other | 1 |
| Chinese Language and Literature | 1 |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies | 1 |
| Italian Studies | 1 |
| Italian Studies | 1 |
| Legal Studies, General | 1 |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | 1 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 1 |
| Music, General | 1 |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 1 |
| Russian Studies | 1 |
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