University of California-Santa Barbara, CA

University of California-Santa Barbara is a campus-centered census-designated place on the coast of Santa Barbara County. The place is defined by UC Santa Barbara, a public land-grant research university whose roots trace through the Anna Blake School and Santa Barbara State Normal School before joining the University of California system. It is not a normal town center; daily life revolves around the campus, student housing, research facilities, ocean bluffs, bike paths, and the neighboring community of Isla Vista.