Santa Monica College Trade Programs

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

Where Is Santa Monica College?

Contact details for SMC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628
Phone:	310-434-4000
Website:	www.smc.edu

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Can I Afford SMC?

In a recent term, part-time SMC students paid $46 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $386 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,104	$9,264
Fees	$52	$52
Books and Supplies	$1,746	$1,746

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SMC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,807 a year. That adds up to $19,228 over four years for those students.

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Santa Monica College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 25,948 undergraduate students at SMC, with 10,005 being full-time and 15,943 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,005 full-time undergraduates at SMC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	828
Black or African American	668
Hispanic or Latino	3,966
White	2,244
International Students	1,036
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,263

Over 114 countries are represented at SMC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Sweden.

Online Learning at Santa Monica College

In 2022-2023, 18,105 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 28th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SMC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Engineering Technologies	60%
Hazardous Materials Management & Waste Technology	70%
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	38%

Santa Monica College Trade School Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	131	8	8	147
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	16	12	6	34
Hazardous Materials Management & Waste Technology	9	11	0	20
Respiratory Care Therapy	0	12	0	12
Energy Systems Technology/Technician	0	0	0	0
Medical/Clinical Assistant	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	156	43	14	213

Santa Monica College Trades

In a recent academic period, Santa Monica College awarded 593 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	Bachelor’s
Allied Health Professions	0	0	12	0
Cosmetology	131	8	8	0
Environmental Control Technology	9	0	11	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	16	6	12	0
Total	452	36	105	0

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.