Colleges Near Santa Monica

Compton College

• Public 2 Year
• Compton, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 19 miles from Santa Monica

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

Glendale Community College

• Public 2 Year
• Glendale, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 18 miles from Santa Monica

Glendale Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer preparation and nursing. The suburban campus is in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $10,060

Art Center College of Design

• Private 4 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 20 miles from Santa Monica

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

East Los Angeles College

• Public 2 Year
• Monterey Park, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 19 miles from Santa Monica

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

Los Angeles Harbor College

• Public 2 Year
• Wilmington, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 20 miles from Santa Monica

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

Platt College Los Angeles

• Private 4 Year
• Alhambra, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 19 miles from Santa Monica

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $27,195

Los Angeles Mission College

• Public 2 Year
• Sylmar, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 20 miles from Santa Monica

A public community college offering associate degrees, career certificates, and university-transfer pathways. The campus is located in Sylmar in Los Angeles's northern San Fernando Valley.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $15,357

California Institute of Technology

• Private 4 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• 5.0 | 2 reviews

• 22 miles from Santa Monica

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

Pacific Oaks College

• Private 4 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 21 miles from Santa Monica

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 -

Los Angeles College of Music

• Private 4 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• 2.0 | 2 reviews

• 21 miles from Santa Monica

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 88%
• Net Price $44,586

Providence Christian College

• Private 4 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• 3.0 | 2 reviews

• 21 miles from Santa Monica

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
• | 0 reviews

• 21 miles from Santa Monica

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

Pasadena City College

• Public 2 Year
• Pasadena, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 22 miles from Santa Monica

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

Cerritos College

• Public 2 Year
• Norwalk, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 24 miles from Santa Monica

Cerritos is a public community college known for nursing, automotive technology, and transfer preparation. The suburban campus sits in Norwalk in southeastern Los Angeles County.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $4,325

Long Beach City College

• Public 2 Year
• Long Beach, CA
• 4.5 | 2 reviews

• 24 miles from Santa Monica

Long Beach City College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, culinary arts, and aviation maintenance. Most students commute to its two Long Beach campuses and many transfer to nearby California State universities.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $7,565

American University of Health Sciences

• Private 4 Year
• Signal Hill, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 24 miles from Santa Monica

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA 2.5
• Acceptance Rate 50%
• Net Price $26,480

University of the West

• Private 4 Year
• Rosemead, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 23 miles from Santa Monica

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

The Master's University and Seminary

• Private 4 Year
• Santa Clarita, CA
• 5.0 | 1 reviews

• 25 miles from Santa Monica

The Master's University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, theology, and music. The suburban Santa Clarita campus sits north of Los Angeles.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA 3.8
• Acceptance Rate 84%
• Net Price $37,919