Colleges Near Santa Barbara
4 colleges are in Santa Barbara, and 76 total within 100 miles enrolling 751,878 students.
Santa Barbara City College is the nearest college in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara (pop. 88,410) is in California.
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena ranks #7 nationally. University of California Santa Barbara enrolls the most students with 26,133. Taft College in Taft has the lowest tuition at $1,108 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Santa Barbara. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Santa Barbara. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Santa Barbara.
Art Center College of Design
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 89 miles from Santa Barbara
Art Center is a private art and design college known for undergraduate industrial design, transportation design, and illustration. The hillside campus in Pasadena overlooks the Los Angeles basin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $53,271
Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Private 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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- 88 miles from Santa Barbara
SCI-Arc is a private architecture school known for undergraduate architecture and design. The urban campus occupies a former freight depot in Los Angeles's Arts District.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $28,985
Homestead Schools
- Private 4 Year
- Torrance, CA
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- 88 miles from Santa Barbara
Homestead Schools is a private college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. Most students commute to its compact campus in Torrance in the Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,962
America Evangelical University
- Private 4 Year
- Gardena, California
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- 89 miles from Santa Barbara
America Evangelical University is a private evangelical university known for undergraduate biblical studies and theology. The campus is in suburban Gardena in the Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $18,070
California State University Dominguez Hills
- Public 4 Year
- Carson, CA
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- 91 miles from Santa Barbara
Cal State Dominguez Hills is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus is in Carson in the Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $9,175
California State University Los Angeles
- Public 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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- 91 miles from Santa Barbara
Cal State LA is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in the hills east of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range 870-1060
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $4,460
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Private 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 90 miles from Santa Barbara
Charles Drew University is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and biomedical sciences. The urban campus in South Los Angeles is a historically Black health sciences institution.
- SAT Range -
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $35,558
Pacific Oaks College
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 91 miles from Santa Barbara
Pacific Oaks is a private college known for undergraduate early childhood education and human development. The campus is located in Pasadena in the Los Angeles metro area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 34%
- Net Price -
California Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 92 miles from Santa Barbara
Caltech is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate physics, engineering, and chemistry. Most undergrads live on the compact residential campus in Pasadena.
- SAT Range 1530-1580
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.97
- Acceptance Rate 3%
- Net Price $14,513
Los Angeles Harbor College
- Public 2 Year
- Wilmington, CA
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- 92 miles from Santa Barbara
LA Harbor College is a public community college known for maritime technology and nursing programs. The campus sits near the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.5
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,632
Compton College
- Public 2 Year
- Compton, CA
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- 93 miles from Santa Barbara
Compton College is a public community college offering associate degrees and certificates with programs in nursing, business, and administration of justice. The urban campus is located in the city of Compton in Los Angeles County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,449
East Los Angeles College
- Public 2 Year
- Monterey Park, CA
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- 93 miles from Santa Barbara
ELAC is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and administration of justice programs. The campus is in Monterey Park east of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,700
Pasadena City College
- Public 2 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 93 miles from Santa Barbara
Pasadena City College is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer pathways to UC campuses and programs in the visual arts. The urban campus sits in Pasadena northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,888
Platt College Los Angeles
- Private 4 Year
- Alhambra, CA
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- 92 miles from Santa Barbara
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,195
Los Angeles College of Music
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 91 miles from Santa Barbara
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $44,586
Providence Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 91 miles from Santa Barbara
Providence Christian is a small private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate biblical and theological studies. Most students live in a residential campus community in Pasadena.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,422
University of the People
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, California
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- 92 miles from Santa Barbara
University of the People is a private online university known for undergraduate business administration, computer science, and health science. Programs are tuition-free and delivered entirely online from its base in Pasadena.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $1,575
University of the West
- Private 4 Year
- Rosemead, CA
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- 96 miles from Santa Barbara
University of the West is a small private university known for undergraduate Buddhist studies, religious studies, and business. The suburban Rosemead campus is Buddhist-affiliated and lies in the greater Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.43
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,713