Santa Monica College

Overview

Santa Monica College (SMC), located in Santa Monica, California, is a public, two-year community college established in 1929. Notably proximate to the cosmopolitan hub of Los Angeles, SMC presents a diverse urban campus environment with a focus on sustainability, evidenced by its range of environmentally friendly buildings and an award-winning recycling program. The college offers a broad spectrum of associate degrees, career technical education, and transfer programs, with particular recognition in the fields of film production, entertainment technology, and nursing. While SMC does not provide on-campus housing, its comprehensive array of support services aims to facilitate local accommodation for its student body. In terms of application selectivity, Santa Monica College maintains an open-enrollment policy, ensuring broad access to higher education while fostering a competitive academic atmosphere through high transfer rates to four-year universities. Santa Monica College does not emphasize intercollegiate athletics and is more academically focused, thus athletic programs do not constitute a central aspect of its campus profile.

Santa Monica College has an open admission policy which permits enrollment by any high school graduate or GED holding student.  8,852 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 13,523 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2022/2023, excluding room and board, is $1,104 plus fees of $46.