Santa Barbara City College

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2020 Undergraduate Tuition

$1,380

0% growth from 2019

2020 Average Net Price

$9,147

After Financial Aid

2018 Student Loan

13.4%

Default Rate

2020 Enrolled Students

12,525

43.1% Full-Time

2020 Graduation Rate

42.1%

613 Graduates

About

Santa Barbara City College is a higher education institution located in Santa Barbara County, CA. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Santa Barbara City College were .

In 2020, 4,700 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Santa Barbara City College. 60.1% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 39.9% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (1,839 degrees), 1.08 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1710 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $1,380, which is $−6,600 less than the national average for Associates Colleges ($7,980).

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Costs

The median undergraduate tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $1,380, which is $−6,600 less than the national average for Associates Colleges ($7,980).

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $9,147.

In 2020, 51% of undergraduate students attending Santa Barbara City College received financial aid through grants. Comparatively, 6% of undergraduate students received financial aid through loans.

Student Expenses

Tuition Costs

$1,380

2020 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2020, the cost of tuition at Santa Barbara City College was $1,380. The cost of tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $−6,600 less than than the overall (public and private) national average for Associates Colleges ($7,980).

This chart compares the tuition costs of Santa Barbara City College (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$9,147

2020 Value

2.86%

1 Year Growth

In 2020 Santa Barbara City College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $9,147. Between 2019 and 2020, the average net price of Santa Barbara City College grew by 2.86%.

This chart compares the average net price of Santa Barbara City College (in red) with that of other similar universities.

Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

Other Student Expenses

$11,950

Room and Board

$1,680

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Santa Barbara City College was of $11,950 in 2020. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,680. The cost of room and board did not change between 2019 and 2020. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Santa Barbara City College (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid by Income Level

51%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

51% of undergraduate students at Santa Barbara City College received financial aid through grants or loans in 2020. This represents a growth of 4.08% with respect to 2019, when 49% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Santa Barbara City College (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Student Loan Default Rate

Cohort default rates only account for borrowers who default in the first three years, and some schools only have a small proportion of borrowers entering repayment. These rates should be interpreted with caution, as they may not be reflective of the entire school population.

13.4%

2018 Default Rate

155

Number of Defaults

In 2018 the default rate for borrower's at Santa Barbara City College was 13.4%, which represents 155 out of the 1157 total borrowers.

A cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1 to September 30, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year.

Enrollment

Santa Barbara City College has a total enrollment of 12,525 students. The full-time enrollment at Santa Barbara City College is 5,400 students and the part-time enrollment is 7,125. This means that 43.1% of students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Santa Barbara City College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 38.5% White, 37.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.23% Two or More Races, 5.09% Asian, 2.77% Black or African American, 0.335% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.24% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly Hispanic or Latino Female (22%), followed by White Female (19.9%) and White Male (17.1%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

43.1%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Santa Barbara City College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 12,525 students. The full-time enrollment at Santa Barbara City College is 5,400 and the part-time enrollment is 7,125. This means that 43.1% of students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College are enrolled full-time compared with 34.4% at similar Associates Colleges.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Santa Barbara City College (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

63%

2020 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Santa Barbara City College was 63%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Associates Colleges (60%), Santa Barbara City College had a retention rate higher than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Santa Barbara City College (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
4,827
Hispanic or Latino
4,715
Two or More Races
655

The enrolled student population at Santa Barbara City College is 38.5% White, 37.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.23% Two or More Races, 5.09% Asian, 2.77% Black or African American, 0.335% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.24% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Associates Colleges is 44.5% White, 26.8% Hispanic or Latino, and 12.2% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 885 students (7.07%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2020, 946 more women than men received degrees from Santa Barbara City College. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Santa Barbara City College is white (1,839 degrees awarded). There were 1.08 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1710 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Santa Barbara City College is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

The most specialized majors across all degree types at Santa Barbara City College, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Interdisciplinary Studies (520 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (2,252 degrees), and Communication Technologies (35 degrees).

Workforce

Common Jobs by Major

Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (317,622 people), Other managers (265,215 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (242,956 people), Postsecondary teachers (150,639 people), and Chief executives & legislators (123,265 people).

The most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Interdisciplinary Studies (520 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (2,252 degrees), Communication Technologies (35 degrees), Social Sciences (381 degrees), and Math & Statistics (94 degrees).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Surgeons

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Surgeons, Skincare specialists, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys, and Physicians

Common Industries by Major

Elementary & secondary schools

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Elementary & secondary schools (498,364 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (321,478 people), Legal services (258,483 people), Computer Systems Design (228,631 people), and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (215,483 people).

Degrees

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Santa Barbara City College.

Most Common

N/A
N/A degree-majorss awarded
N/A
N/A degree-majorss awarded
N/A
N/A degree-majorss awarded

In false, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Santa Barbara City College was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Santa Barbara City College according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

1,877

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2020

2,823

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2020

In 2020, 1,877 degrees were awarded to men at Santa Barbara City College, which is 0.665 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (2,823).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Santa Barbara City College by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In false, 674 degrees were awarded to men at Santa Barbara City College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 0.626 times less than the 1076 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In false, 1076 degrees were awarded to women at Santa Barbara City College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 1.6 times more than the 674 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

22%

100% Completion Time

41%

150% Completion Time

In 2020, 22% of students graduating from Santa Barbara City College completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 41% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 47% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Associates Colleges Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

Diversity

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Asian Female

Highest Graduation Rate (58.3%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at Santa Barbara City College is Female and Asian (58.3% graduation rate). Across all Associates Colleges, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.4%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 1.47% of graduates (9 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity

White
1,839 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
1,710 degrees awarded
Two or More Races
247 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Santa Barbara City College is white (1,839 degrees awarded). There were 1.08 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1710 degrees).

3.19% of degree recipients (150 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic

White Female
1,106 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
1,063 degrees awarded
White Male
733 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Santa Barbara City College is white female (1,106 degrees awarded). There were 1.04 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino female (1,063 degrees).

Operations

Santa Barbara City College has an endowment valued at nearly $56.4M, as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $954k (1.69%), compared to the 5.11% average return ($226k on $4.42M) across all Associates Colleges.

In 2020, Santa Barbara City College had a total salary expenditure of $213M. Santa Barbara City College employs 235 Instructors, 0 N/A, and 0 N/A. Most academics at Santa Barbara City College are Female Instructors (128), Male Instructors(107), and N/A (0).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College are: Office and Administrative Support, with 74 employees, Service, with 57 employees, and Management with 51 employees.

Finances

Endowment

$56.4M

2020 Endowment

4.58%

decline from 2019

Santa Barbara City College has an endowment valued at about $56.4M, as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The endowment of Santa Barbara City College declined 4.58% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $52M higher than than the median endowment of Associates Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Santa Barbara City College (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$3.07M - Federal
$36.9M - State
$1.6M - Local

As of 2020, Santa Barbara City College received $3.07M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $36.9M from state grants and contracts, and $1.6M from local grants and contracts.

Expenses

Salary Expenditure

$75M

2020 Salaries

0.907%

decline from 2019

In 2020, Santa Barbara City College paid a median of $75M in salaries, which represents 35.2% of their overall expenditure ($213M) and a 0.907% decline from the previous year. This is compared to a 7.32% growth from 2018 and a 4.05% decline from 2017.

The median for similar Associates Colleges is 16.8M (43.6% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$23.6M

Instructional Salaries

235

Number of Employees

In 2020, Santa Barbara City College paid a total of $23.6M to 235 employees working as instructors, which represents 31.5% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $4.98M (29.6%) for similar Associates Colleges.

Faculty and Staff

Occupations by Share

Instructor

Most Common Instructor

235 Employees

Office and Administrative Support

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

74 Employees

In 2020, the most common positions for instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College were Instructor with 235 employees; false with 0 employees; and false with 0 employees.

In 2020, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College were Office and Administrative Support with 74 employees; Service with 57 employees; and Management with 51 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic

Female Instructor
Male Instructor

In 2020, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College was Female Instructor with 128 employees, and Male Instructor with 107 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Santa Barbara City College.

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