Colleges Near Santa Monica
1 college is in Santa Monica, and 102 total within 50 miles enrolling 986,560 students.
Santa Monica College is the nearest college in Santa Monica. Santa Monica (pop. 89,736) is in California.
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena ranks #7 nationally. Antelope Valley Community College District in Lancaster has the lowest tuition at $1,124 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Santa Monica. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Santa Monica. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Santa Monica.
Claremont McKenna College
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, CA
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- 44 miles from Santa Monica
Claremont McKenna is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, government, and international relations. Students live on a residential campus that shares classes and facilities with the neighboring Claremont Colleges.
- SAT Range 1470-1560
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
- Acceptance Rate 10%
- Net Price $33,895
Harvey Mudd College
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 45 miles from Santa Monica
Harvey Mudd is a highly selective private college known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and mathematics. It is one of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of adjoining campuses where students can cross-enroll.
- SAT Range 1500-1570
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.96
- Acceptance Rate 13%
- Net Price $43,966
Pitzer College
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, CA
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- 45 miles from Santa Monica
Pitzer is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental analysis, media studies, and the social sciences. Students cross-enroll across the Claremont Colleges on a residential campus in Claremont.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.93
- Acceptance Rate 25%
- Net Price $34,979
Pomona College
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, CA
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- 44 miles from Santa Monica
Pomona is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, biology, and politics. Students live on a residential campus and can cross-enroll across the adjoining Claremont Colleges.
- SAT Range 1490-1560
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
- Acceptance Rate 7%
- Net Price $19,938
Scripps College
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 44 miles from Santa Monica
Scripps is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate arts, humanities, and its interdisciplinary Core Curriculum. Most students live on the residential campus and take classes across the Claremont Colleges consortium.
- SAT Range 1440-1540
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 38%
- Net Price $44,396
Thomas Aquinas College
- Private 4 Year
- Santa Paula, CA
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- 45 miles from Santa Monica
Thomas Aquinas is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for a single Great Books curriculum that all undergraduates complete together. The residential campus is set in the hills near Santa Paula in southern California.
- SAT Range 1220-1400
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $24,820
Santiago Canyon College
- Public 2 Year
- Orange, CA
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- 44 miles from Santa Monica
Santiago Canyon College is a public community college known for transfer pathways and water utility science. Most students commute to its suburban Orange County campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,573
Claremont Lincoln University
- Private 4 Year
- Claremont, California
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- 44 miles from Santa Monica
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Concordia University Irvine
- Private 4 Year
- Irvine, CA
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- 46 miles from Santa Monica
Concordia Irvine is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and theology. The suburban campus sits in Irvine in Orange County.
- SAT Range 1030-1260
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $29,845
Irvine Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Irvine, CA
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2.3 | 3 reviews
- 47 miles from Santa Monica
A public community college known for undergraduate business, science, and transfer pathways to four-year universities. Most students commute to the suburban campus in Irvine.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,821
Ventura College
- Public 2 Year
- Ventura, CA
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- 46 miles from Santa Monica
Ventura College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and liberal arts transfer preparation. The campus sits in the coastal city of Ventura.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $2,522
Antelope Valley Community College District
- Public 2 Year
- Lancaster, CA
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- 48 miles from Santa Monica
Antelope Valley College is a public community college offering associate degrees and career programs, including nursing and aviation-related technical training. The campus is in Lancaster in California's Antelope Valley high desert.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,110