Santa Barbara City College

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2017 Undergraduate Tuition

$1,380

0% growth from 2016

2017 Average Net Price

$11,082

After Financial Aid

2016 Student Loan

12.6%

Default Rate

2017 Enrolled Students

16,385

39.7% Full-Time

2016 Graduation Rate

28.4%

648 Graduates

About

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Admissions

Enrollment

Graduates

Operations

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 2017, 3,572 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Santa Barbara City College. 58.9% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 41.1% awarded men. The majority of degree recipients were white (1,432 degrees), 1.22 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1172 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $1,380, which is $-6,034 less than the national average for Associates Colleges ($7,414).

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Costs

The median undergraduate tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $1,380, which is $-6,034 less than the national average for Associates Colleges ($7,414).

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $11,082.

In 2017, 47% of undergraduate students received federal grants, while 9% of undergraduate students received federal loans.

Student Expenses

Tuition Costs

$1,380

2017 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2017, the cost of tuition at Santa Barbara City College was $1,380. The cost of tuition at Santa Barbara City College is $-6,034 less than than the overall (public and private) national average for Associates Colleges ($7,414).

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Average Net Price

$11,082

2017 Value

0.892%

1 Year Growth

In 2017 Santa Barbara City College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $11,082. Between 2016 and 2017, the average net price of Santa Barbara City College grew by 0.892%.

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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.

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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 2017. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,680. The cost of room and board increased by 2.58% between 2016 and 2017. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

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Financial Aid

Financial Aid by Income Level

47%

Of Undergraduates Receive Grants

9%

Of Undergraduates Receive Federal Loans

47% of undergraduate students at Santa Barbara City College received grants or loans in 2017. This represents a decline of 2.08% with respect to 2016, when 48% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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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.

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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.

12.6%

2016 Default Rate

167

Number of Defaults

In 2016 the default rate for borrower's at Santa Barbara City College was 12.6%, which represents 167 out of the 1323 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.

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Admissions

Santa Barbara City College received N/A undergraduate applications in N/A, which represents a 0% annual growth. Out of those N/A applicants, N/A students were accepted for enrollment, representing a N/A% acceptance rate.

There were 16,385 students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College in 2017, and N/A% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Santa Barbara City College has an overall enrollment yield of N/A%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

N/A%

Acceptance Rate in N/A

N/A

Accepted Out of N/A

In N/A, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Santa Barbara City College was N/A% (N/A admissions from N/A applications). This is approximately the same as the acceptance rate of N/A, which was N/A%. Between N/A and N/A, the number of applicants stayed by N/A%, while admissions stayed by N/A%.

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SAT Scores

N/A%

Submission Percentage

N/A

Scores Submitted

N/A% of enrolled first-time students at Santa Barbara City College in N/A submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Enrollment

Santa Barbara City College has a total enrollment of 16,385 students. The full-time enrollment at Santa Barbara City College is 6,509 students and the part-time enrollment is 9,876. This means that 39.7% 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, 35% Hispanic or Latino, 5.11% Asian, 4.79% Two or More Races, 2.94% Black or African American, 0.372% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.14% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College in full-time Undergraduate programs are majority White Male (19.1%), followed by White Female (18.7%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (18.7%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are majority N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

39.7%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Santa Barbara City College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 16,385 students. The full-time enrollment at Santa Barbara City College is 6,509 and the part-time enrollment is 9,876. This means that 39.7% of students enrolled at Santa Barbara City College are enrolled full-time compared with 36% at similar Associates Colleges.

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Retention Rate over Time

60%

2017 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 60%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Associates Colleges (61%), Santa Barbara City College had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

  1. White

    6,304

  2. Hispanic or Latino

    5,742

  3. Asian

    837

The enrolled student population at Santa Barbara City College is 38.5% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino, 5.11% Asian, 4.79% Two or More Races, 2.94% Black or African American, 0.372% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.14% 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 45.9% White, 25.3% Hispanic or Latino, and 12.8% 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, 1,112 students (6.79%) did not report their race.

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Graduates

In 2017, 634 more women than men received degrees from Santa Barbara City College. The majority of degree recipients at Santa Barbara City College are white (1,432 degrees awarded). There were 1.22 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1172 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 (424 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,632 degrees), and Communication Technologies (25 degrees).

Workforce

Common Jobs by Major

Elementary & middle school teachers

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 Elementary & middle school teachers (201,314 people), Other managers (90,834 people), Postsecondary teachers (70,901 people), Software developers (62,523 people), and Physicians (49,955 people).

The most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Interdisciplinary Studies (424 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,632 degrees), Communication Technologies (25 degrees), Human Sciences (81 degrees), and Math & Statistics (51 degrees).

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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, Chemists & materials scientists, Dentists, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Aircraft pilots & flight engineers

The most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Interdisciplinary Studies (424 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,632 degrees), Communication Technologies (25 degrees), Human Sciences (81 degrees), and Math & Statistics (51 degrees).

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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 (347,960 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (145,295 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (136,015 people), Computer Systems Design (107,734 people), and Insurance carriers (60,365 people).

The most specialized majors at Santa Barbara City College are Interdisciplinary Studies (424 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,632 degrees), Communication Technologies (25 degrees), Human Sciences (81 degrees), and Math & Statistics (51 degrees).

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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

  1. N/A

    N/A degrees awarded

  2. N/A

    N/A degrees awarded

  3. N/A

    N/A degrees awarded

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

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Gender Breakdown for Common Majors

Degrees Awarded to Men

  1. 1,469

  2. 2,103

In 2017, 1,469 degrees were awarded to men at Santa Barbara City College, which is 0.699 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (2,103).

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Most Common Male Majors

In N/A, 528 degrees were awarded to men at Santa Barbara City College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 0.707 times less than the 747 female recipients with that same degree.

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Most Common Female Majors

In N/A, 747 degrees were awarded to women at Santa Barbara City College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 1.41 times more than the 528 male recipients with that same degree.

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Time to Complete

13%

100% Completion Time

28%

150% Completion Time

In 2017, 13% 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, 28% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 35% within 200%.

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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.

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Diversity

Graduation Rate by Race and Gender

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

American Indian or Alaska Native Female

Highest Graduation Rate (80%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at Santa Barbara City College is Female and American Indian or Alaska Native (80% graduation rate). Across all Associates Colleges, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (67.2%).

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, 0.617% of graduates (4 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity

  1. White

    1,432 degrees awarded

  2. Hispanic or Latino

    1,172 degrees awarded

  3. Asian

    200 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Santa Barbara City College is white (1,432 degrees awarded). There were 1.22 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (1172 degrees).

1.43% of degree recipients (51 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Gender Demographic

  1. Hispanic or Latino Female

    766 degrees awarded

  2. White Female

    763 degrees awarded

  3. White Male

    669 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and gender grouping at Santa Barbara City College is hispanic or latino female (766 degrees awarded). There were 1 times more hispanic or latino female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white female (763 degrees).

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Operations

Santa Barbara City College has an endowment valued at nearly $35.9M, as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $572k (1.59%), compared to the 2.22% average return ($81.1k on $3.66M) across all Associates Colleges.

In 2017, Santa Barbara City College had a total expenditure of $181M. Of that $181M, they spent $73.5M on salaries and $181M on benefits.

Santa Barbara City College employs N/A N/A, N/A N/A, and N/A N/A. Most academics at Santa Barbara City College are N/A (N/A), N/A(N/A), and N/A (N/A).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College are: Office and Administrative Support, with 76 employees, Service, with 59 employees, and Business and Financial Operations with 50 employees.

Finances

Endowment

$35.9M

2017 Endowment

9.99%

growth from 2016

Santa Barbara City College has an endowment valued at about $35.9M, as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The endowment of Santa Barbara City College grew 9.99% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $32.2M higher than than the median endowment of Associates Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

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

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Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

  1. $0 - Federal

  2. $0 - State

  3. $0 - Local

As of 2017, Santa Barbara City College received $0 in grants and contracts from the federal government, $0 from state grants and contracts, and $0 from local grants and contracts.

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Expenses

Primary Expenses

Expenditure values can vary depending on whether the institution is public or private, and are not available for private-for-profit schools.

$73.5M

Salary Expenditure

$181M

Benefits Expenditure

In 2017, Santa Barbara City College had a total expenditure of $181M. Of that $181M, they spent $73.5M on salaries and $181M on benefits.

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Expenditure by Category

This tree map shows all of the primary expenses of Research at Santa Barbara City College as a share of total expenditure.

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Salary Expenditure

$73.5M

2017 Salaries

0.45%

growth from 2016

In 2017, Santa Barbara City College paid a median of $73.5M in salaries, which represents 40.6% of their overall expenditure ($181M) and a 0.45% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 3.69% decline from 2015 and a 7.45% growth from 2014.

The median for similar Associates Colleges is 14.9M (41.7% of overall expenditures).

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Instructional Salaries

$27.9M

Instructional Salaries

329

Number of Employees

In 2017, Santa Barbara City College paid a total of $27.9M to 329 employees working as instructors, which represents 38% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $6.95M (28.7%) for similar Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional.

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Faculty and Staff

Occupations by Share

N/A

Most Common Instructor

N/A Employees

Office and Administrative Support

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

76 Employees

In N/A, the most common positions for instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College were N/A with N/A employees; N/A with N/A employees; and N/A with N/A employees.

In N/A, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College were Office and Administrative Support with 76 employees; Service with 59 employees; and Business and Financial Operations with 50 employees.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Gender

Most Common Demographic

  1. N/A

  2. N/A

  3. N/A

In N/A, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Santa Barbara City College was N/A with N/A employees, N/A with N/A employees, and N/A with N/A employees.

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

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