Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA
- Undergrads
- 21.4k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $2.8k
- Grad rate
- 36%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 49%
- Specialty: Interdisciplinary Studies 11%
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA 90650Suburb: LargeUNITID 111887
Public 4-yearAssociate's Colleges: High Transfer-High TraditionalHispanic-servingSpecialty: Liberal Arts 36%Specialty: Business 28%
Undergraduates
18,870
Graduate students
Not reported
Admit rate
Not reported
Average net price
$2.4k
Graduation rate
31%
Retention rate
67%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$41.2k
Median debt
$8.4k
Student : faculty
26:1
Value score*
98th pct.
Programs offered
120
Highest degree
Associate degree
- Sector
- Public 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
- Size & setting
- Two-year, very large
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly certificate-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 22.5k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $3.1k
- Grad rate
- 31%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 39%
College of the Canyons
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- Undergrads
- 15.8k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $3.7k
- Grad rate
- 45%
- Hispanic-serving
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San Diego Miramar College
San Diego, CA
- Undergrads
- 11.3k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $3.3k
- Grad rate
- 48%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 20%
Cypress College
Cypress, CA
- Undergrads
- 13.4k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $4.6k
- Grad rate
- 37%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
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San Diego Mesa College
San Diego, CA
- Undergrads
- 16.1k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $5.8k
- Grad rate
- 35%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.