unitid 122889 · Santa Barbara, CA · public 2-year · city (small)
Santa Barbara City College
- enrollment 2023
- 18,586
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
9,889
92nd pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
13th pctl among public 2-years
completion
34%
finish within 150% time
36th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$20,394
92nd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$11,315
after aid, aided students
79th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,647
after entry, Title IV students
93rd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$11,000
65th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,333 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k47%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k7%
- 110k+9%
- Median family income
- $22,910
- First-generation students
- 46%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,240
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 951 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 736 | — | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 362 | — | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 183 | $54,515 | — |
| Economics. | 179 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 145 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 106 | $49,295 | — |
| Sociology. | 78 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 68 | $106,046 | $21,037 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 66 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 61 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 60 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.