The High Tech Center of Santa Barbara
Goleta is a major part of the local economy and housing market. Many of those that work in Santa Barbara live in Goleta due to the slightly less expensive housing market and larger residential areas.

The University of California Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Airport, which offers regular flights to major U.S. airports such as LAX and Denver International, are both located in Goleta making the city home to two of the largest and most important institutions in the area. The UCSB is a large public university with over 17,000 students and has three major undergraduate colleges; the College of Letters & Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Creative Studies. USCB also has two professional schools; the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. UCSB also has eight national research centers including the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics which has hosted many of the world's most notable theoretical physicists including Stephen Hawking. UCSB is home to 5 Noble laureates, 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 27 members of the National Academy of Engineering.

Goleta is also home to many high technology firms including Raytheon and Cisco Systems. There are also a number of aerospace companies that base their business around the Santa Barbara Airport. Many oil companies and oil support companies service the numerous oil platforms located just off the coast, three of which are owned and operated by ExxonMobil.

Shoppers from all around Santa Barbara County come to Goleta to shop at the larger stores that are too big to be accommodated in nearby Santa Barbara. K-Mart, Costco, Sportsmart, and Home Depot are just of the few "big-box" stores that are located at Goleta's Camino Real Marketplace.

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