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Antioch University-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California · Small city

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Graduation rate: $51,541
Median earnings

Antioch University-Santa Barbara is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Santa Barbara, California (small city setting), enrolling 55 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Private nonprofitSmall · 55 undergradsSmall cityNear the coast

About Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Evidence of human habitation of the area begins at least 13,000 years ago. Santa Barbara contains numerous performing art venues, including the 2,000-seat Arlington Theatre, which is the largest indoor performance venue in Santa Barbara and the site of the annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Graduate
Nearest big city: Santa Barbara, CA
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Santa Barbara (SBA)

How Antioch University-Santa Barbara compares

Earnings, 10 years after entry$51,541

Higher than 42% · #102 of 130 in California

Median debt at graduation$23,501

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 96%

Undergraduate enrollment55

Larger than 4%

Percentiles compare Antioch University-Santa Barbara with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

Undergraduate5521%
Graduate20879%

Undergraduates by gender

Women4175%
Men1425%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White49%
Black3.6%
Hispanic31%
Other or multiracial16%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 55
Graduate enrollment: 208
Student–faculty ratio: 5 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 31%
First-generation students: 37%
Students over 25: 69%
Median family income: $22,455
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $62,757
Endowment: $846,210

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated: —
First-year retention: —
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $47,986
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $51,541
Median debt at graduation: $23,501
Students with federal loans: 39%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 39%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

Low-income (Pell)

43%

First-generation

46%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $51,541
Typical debt at graduation: $23,501
Debt vs. one year's pay: 46%
Out-earn a HS grad: 59%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$50,473

Men

$54,992

Men out-earn women by $4,519 (9%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 78°F
Winter low: 46°F
Annual rain: 19″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Barbara, CA US station (0.7 mi from campus).

What Antioch University-Santa Barbara graduates study — and earn

Psychology, General

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$38k debt

16——$37,673 Business Administration, Management and Operations

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

3 grads$46k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$30k debt

3$46,487$48,020$29,832

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.