Santa Barbara City College

Situated on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is a California community college that offers over 155 degree and certificate programs. The college was awarded the 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, making it a #1 ranked community college. With SBCC, you’re less than 180 steps from the beach . . . and a few steps closer to your degree!

Santa Barbara City College

Overview:

Situated on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is a California community college that offers over 155 degree and certificate programs. The college was awarded the 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, making it a #1 ranked community college. With SBCC, you’re less than 180 steps from the beach . . . and a few steps closer to your degree!

School Highlights:

- One of the top-ranked community colleges in the nation

- International Student Support Program provides multiple resources for the international student

- Impressive hiring rate and job success for graduates

- Excellent degree completion and transfer rates

- Award-winning services to minority and underrepresented student populations

- Beautiful new Earth and Biological Sciences program and facilities

- Incredible location, just steps from the beach on the old University of California, Santa Barbara campus

Guaranteed Transfer Agreement Programs:

- Administration of Justice

- Anthropology

- Business Administration

- Communication Studies

- Early Childhood Education

- Economics

- Elementary Teacher Education

- English

- Geography

- Geology

- History

- Journalism

- Kinesiology

- Mathematics

- Philosophy

- Physics

- Political Science

- Psychology

- Sociology

- Spanish

- Studio Arts

- Theatre Arts

Statistics on CSU and UC Transfers, student population demographics, and more .

Location: Hollywood, California

Student Population: 18,000

Popular Programs Include:

- Business

- Film Production

- Photography & Graphic Design

- Engineering

- Social Sciences

- Sciences

- Nationally recognized Marine Diving Technologies program

- School of Media Arts programs, which focus on multimedia arts, digital media, and applied communication

- Cancer Information Management

For a full list of programs, visit the SBCC website .

On-campus housing? No, but the campus is surrounded by apartments for students.

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