Choose Santa Barbara City College

Become a Vaquero today!

SBCC is your award-winning community college that is located in your backyard in downtown Santa Barbara, CA, right across from the beach!

Earn a degree or transfer to 4-year universities like UC Santa Barbara and UC Los Angeles. As a local high school graduate, you qualify for the SBCC Promise and can attend SBCC for FREE and our award-winning programs and faculty will get you where you want to be.

The SBCC Promise is intended to support students who attend SBCC full-time, uninterrupted, for two years. As long as you enroll at SBCC full-time for the fall or spring semester immediately after your high school graduation, GED completion, or the equivalent, you are eligible for the SBCC Promise for up to two years. Learn more here.

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Why is SBCC right for you?

We have a 70-acre, state-of-the-art campus!

Our campus is situated on Cliff Drive across from Leadbetter Beach

Enjoy ocean views from nearly every part of campus while you study.

SBCC students transfering to UCLA, UCB, UCSB.

Transfer Guarantees to 40+ Colleges and Universities

Start at SBCC and go to your dream school

Looking to go to universities like UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz and more? Start at SBCC and transfer directly, GUARANTEED!

Find your path, achieve your dreams

Explore our career and academic pathways

Plan your future at Santa Barbara City College by using our career and academic pathways mapper. Explore your interests and find the right major for you.