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Santa Barbara City College

721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 · Public 2-year · (805) 965-0581 · School website

Average net price

$11,315

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

189

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

33.6%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

17.9%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara City College reported 189 certificate and associate completions in 7 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in billing and coding (103). College Scorecard counts 9,889 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
Billing and coding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	103	$47,046
Cosmetology	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	41	Not published
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published
Cybersecurity	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	5	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	2	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Santa Barbara City College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,240
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,240
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $10,432
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,062
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $11,315
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $11,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $47,647

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Santa Barbara City College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.