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Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield is a for-profit regional college located in Bakersfield, California. Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield has an open admissions policy.
Return on educational investment at Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield is in the bottom 5% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $28,567 10 years after enrolling, 108th in California, and in the bottom 5% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield bachelor students earn 29% less than the national average.
Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield’s median net annual cost of $14,824 and average years to graduate of 3.3 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 3 programs at Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield sorted by number of graduates - Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Health Administrative Services - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$14,824
Average years to graduate
3.3
When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 3.3 years. 58% of all students graduate within 8 years. The graduation rate at Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield is 10% lower than the state average, and 9% above the average for all regional colleges in the country.
At Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield, Pell Grant recipients represent 14% of the measured graduating class, 21% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield graduates within 4 years.
Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield is in the bottom 5% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield’s economic mobility score of 0.18 is calculated by adjusting the 34.69 economic score of lower-income students by the 14% pell grant recipients within the student body. Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield’s EMS of 0.18 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield pays $14,824 a year, $-3,166 less than the $11,658 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $14,824
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield, null% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $14,824 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, null% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $null. This is null the national average.
Pell grants
$3,761
Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield offers 3 online bachelor programs, all of which are hybrid format. At the master’s level Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield offers 1 exclusively online program. We use the IPEDS July '20 — July '21 Distance Education report to determine which programs are online. EarningsPlus data is provided when available.
Online programs
4
Hybrid programs
3
Percentage of programs online
100%
Full time
100%
83%
Female
70%
59%
First time
48%
59%
In-state
N/A
68%
1st generation
58%
35%
White
14%
52%
Black
7%
14%
Hispanic
66%
15%
Asian
7%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
3%
0.3%
Other
3%
12%