Statistics

Biomolecular Science and Engineering at UC Santa Barbara

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Admission Statistics
Year	Applications	Domestic vs. International	Admits	Domestic vs. International	Admitted	Intents	Domestic vs. International	Take Rate
Fall 2000	48	41 Domestic 7 International	17	16 Domestic 1 International	35%	4	4 Domestic 0 International	24%
Fall 2001	35	28 Domestic 7 International	13	12 Domestic 1 International	37%	1	1 Domestic 0 International	8%
Fall 2002	28	20 Domestic 8 International	14	11 Domestic 3 International	50%	7	6 Domestic 1 International	50%
Fall 2003	36	31 Domestic 5 International	14	14 Domestic 0 International	39%	4	4 Domestic 0 International	29%
Fall 2004	58	40 Domestic 18 International	27	20 Domestic 7 International	47%	13	9 Domestic 4 International	48%
Fall 2005	69	51 Domestic 18 International	23	19 Domestic 4 International	33%	4	3 Domestic 1 International	17%
Fall 2006	87	58 Domestic 29 International	29	26 Domestic 3 International	33%	11	9 Domestic 2 International	38%
Fall 2007	99	55 Domestic 45 International	22	18 Domestic 4 International	22%	5	5 Domestic 0 International	23%
Fall 2008	62	43 Domestic 19 International	18	16 Domestic 2 International	29%	5	3 Domestic 2 International	28%
Average	58		20		36%			29%

Junior / Senior Average GPA
Year	Applicants (domestic only)	Admits	Intents
Fall 2004	3.24	3.43	3.4
Fall 2005	3.05	3.01	3.01
Fall 2006	3.38	3.58	3.55
Fall 2007	3.28	3.58	3.49
Fall 2008	3.39	3.64	3.73

GRE Scores Average V/Q/A %
Year	Applicants (domestic only)	Admits	Intents
Fall 2004	60/79/53	72/86/67	74/88/69
Fall 2005	55/64/58	58/62/56	58/62/56
Fall 2006	68/78/52	78/81/67	66/79/60
Fall 2007	68/74/53	78/82/65	82/83/56
Fall 2008	64/76/51	72/81/55	80/85/49

Retention
Year	Intents	Finished BMB / BMSE PhD	Pursuing BMSE PhD (as of Spring '08)	Transferred to Other UCSB PhD Program Effective 3/19/08	Entered as MS & Finished BMB MS	Left BMSE-PhD w/ MS	Lapsed or Left w/ no Degree	Current Retention Rate
Fall 2000 / Phd	2	2						100%
Fall 2000 / BS MS	2				2			100%
Fall 2001	1	1						100%
Fall 2002	7	3	1	1		1	1	57%
Fall 2003 / PhD	3		1			2		33%
Fall 2003 / MS	1				1			100%
Fall 2004	13		7	2		4		54%
Fall 2005	4		2	1		1		50%
Fall 2006	11		11					100%
Fall 2007	5		5					100%

The average PhD Retention Rate for the above data is 74%.

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