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.

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

Can I Afford SBCC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time SBCC students paid $46 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $365 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,104	$8,760
Fees	$130	$562
Books and Supplies	$1,152	$1,152

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 4% of students took out student loans averaging $5,218 a year. That adds up to $20,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SBCC is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Santa Barbara City College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,746 undergraduate students at SBCC, with 5,514 being full-time and 7,232 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,514 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	177
Black or African American	109
Hispanic or Latino	1,962
White	2,307
International Students	361
Other Races/Ethnicities	598

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

In 2020-2021, 10,253 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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SBCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Santa Barbara City College was 0.3%. This is the #1,494 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SBCC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.