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Santa Barbara City College Trade Programs

Located in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara City College is a public institution. Santa Barbara is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

5,400 Full-Time Undergraduates

$1,104 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Santa Barbara City College?

Contact details for SBCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
Phone:	805-965-0581
Website:	www.sbcc.edu

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Can I Afford SBCC?

$1,104 In-State Tuition

5% Take Out Loans

In a recent term, part-time SBCC students paid $46 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $397 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,104	$9,528
Fees	$130	$658
Books and Supplies	$938	$938

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SBCC, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $5,397 a year. That adds up to $21,588 over four years for those students.

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Santa Barbara City College Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,400 Full-Time Undergraduates

55% Women

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 12,525 undergraduate students at SBCC, with 5,400 being full-time and 7,125 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,400 full-time undergraduates at SBCC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Santa Barbara City College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	209
Black or African American	119
Hispanic or Latino	2,078
White	2,002
International Students	319
Other Races/Ethnicities	673

Over 89 countries are represented at SBCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Sweden, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Santa Barbara City College

4,199 Took All Classes Online

9,099 Took At Least One Class Online

In 2022-2023, 9,099 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SBCC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Santa Barbara City College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	10	71	2	83
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	0	19	27	46
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	36	0	0	36
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	0	1	23	24
Radiologic Technology	0	17	0	17
Diver, Professional & Instructor	0	5	11	16
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts	3	8	0	11
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	1	4	5	10
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	0	3	4	7
Building Construction Technology	1	2	0	3
General Drafting & Design Technology	0	3	0	3
Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	51	133	72	256

Santa Barbara City College Trades

In a recent academic period, Santa Barbara City College awarded 576 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s
Allied Health Professions	0	0	17
Building Management & Inspection	1	0	2
Cosmetology	0	23	1
Culinary Arts	3	0	8
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	0	3
Health & Medical Administrative Services	46	2	71
Marine Transportation	0	11	5
Mental & Social Health Services	1	5	4
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	27	19
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	0	4	3
Total	106	182	288

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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