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Santiago Canyon College vs University of California-Santa Barbara

Orange, CA · Santa Barbara, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of California-Santa Barbara: enrollment grew +19.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +397 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • Santiago Canyon College: enrollment ranged 8,182–11,378 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Santiago Canyon College: net price ranged $2,045–$4,330 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +11.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • University of California-Santa Barbara: net price ranged $13,825–$16,252 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.2% is not a trend (r² 0.01).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Santiago Canyon College vs University of California-Santa Barbara

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Santiago Canyon College leads on in-state tuition ($1,164 vs $16,414 at University of California-Santa Barbara)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Santiago Canyon College leads on avg net price ($2,129 vs $16,109 at University of California-Santa Barbara)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Santiago Canyon College leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,612 vs $50,614 at University of California-Santa Barbara)

Santiago Canyon College profile · University of California-Santa Barbara profile · Compare other colleges

In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
Santiago Canyon College leads on in-state tuition at $1,164 versus $16,414 at University of California-Santa Barbara. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
Santiago Canyon College leads on avg net price at $2,129 versus $16,109 at University of California-Santa Barbara. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Santiago Canyon College and University of California-Santa Barbara?▼
Santiago Canyon College leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,612 versus $50,614 at University of California-Santa Barbara. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025