Private Nonprofit · Santa Barbara, California

Antioch University-Santa Barbara

Antioch University-Santa Barbara is a private nonprofit institution in Santa Barbara, California. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.

$51,541
10-yr median earnings

The verdict

Antioch University-Santa Barbara posts above-median former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

Top 27%
former-student earnings, US
+7%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Small Carnegie: Master's (S)
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Antioch University-Santa Barbara profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

C-
College Value Score
50/100
Antioch University-Santa Barbara

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings B
$51,541
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$23,501
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
52.1%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Antioch University-Santa Barbara vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$51,541

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

Not reported

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

Not reported

Full-time, first-time cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Antioch University-Santa Barbara vs peers

Antioch University-Santa Barbara positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 2 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Antioch University-Santa Barbara positioned … Carnegie Classification: Master's (S) Master's (… COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $40K $68K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $10K $31K Avg Net Price ($) Santa Barbara City College: $48K earn · $11K net · 34% grad Santa Barbara City… Westmont College: $65K earn · $29K net · 70% grad Westmont College Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Antioch University-Santa Barbara ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Antioch University-Santa Barbara: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$51,541 Top 27% higher than 73% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Antioch University-Santa Barbara National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $51,541 #1366 of 5103 73rd
Undergraduate enrollment 55 #4861 of 5462 11th

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

55
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$51,541
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Antioch University-Santa Barbara ranks in California

State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Antioch University-Santa Barbara State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $51,541 #150 of 493 70th
Undergraduate enrollment 55 #504 of 553 9th

Highest former-student earnings in California

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Samuel Merritt University$143,238-
2Harvey Mudd College$138,687$35,924
3California Institute of Technology$128,566$16,075
4Stanford University$124,080$13,807
5Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health$115,318-
6Gnomon$114,785$51,949
7Santa Clara University$109,183$50,062
8Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University$109,183-
9Touro University California$104,805-
10Claremont McKenna College$104,736$28,849
11West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$102,672$32,879
12West Coast University-Ontario$102,672$49,590
150Antioch University-Santa BarbaraThis school$51,541-

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

74.8%
Female
36.8%
First Generation

Outcomes

$47,986
Median Earnings (6yr)
63.5%
Earning Over $25K
52.1%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Median earnings 6 years after entry $47,986
Median earnings 10 years after entry $51,541
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 63.5%
Loan repayment rate Completers, 3 years after leaving 52.1%
Median federal student debt At completion $23,501
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $249/mo

Programs & Earnings

Field-of-study summary by credential

Credential Programs Award count Avg earnings Top earnings Avg debt
Master's 5 69 $70,913 $79,347 $54,208
Bachelor's 2 23 $59,149 $66,596 $30,179
Graduate Certificate 1 0 - - -

Top programs at Antioch University-Santa Barbara by completer earnings

Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file

median earnings

What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Psychology, General Master's 4 $79,347 -
Business Administration, Management and Operations Master's 1 $79,072 -
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology Master's 53 $71,113 $75,165
Education, General Master's 6 $67,918 $43,148
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor's 15 $66,596 $25,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Master's 5 $57,116 $44,312
Psychology, General Bachelor's 8 $51,702 $35,357
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Graduate Certificate 0 - -

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Antioch University-Santa Barbara?
Antioch University-Santa Barbara is a private nonprofit institution in Santa Barbara, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 55 students.
How much do Antioch University-Santa Barbara former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Antioch University-Santa Barbara who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $51,541 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $47,986.
Is Antioch University-Santa Barbara worth the student debt?
The median student debt at Antioch University-Santa Barbara is $23,501, while former students earn a median of $51,541 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 46% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 52.1% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $249.

Sources & methodology

Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.

Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Antioch University-Santa Barbara

Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.