Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College
Former names
Santa Monica Junior College
(1929–1945)
Santa Monica City College
(1945–1970)
Motto
  • Humanitas
  • Veritas
  • Munus
 (Latin)
Motto in English
  • Friendliness
  • Truth
  • Service
TypePublic community college
Established1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Academic affiliation
CCCS
ACCJC
Budget$559.2 million (2021-2022)[1]
PresidentKathryn E. Jeffery
Academic staff
2,023
Students29,615 (fall 2020)[2]
9,351 full-time
16,925 part-time
Other students
3,339 non-credit
Location
Santa Monica, California
,
U.S.

34°01′00″N 118°28′15″W / 34.0168°N 118.4707°W / 34.0168; -118.4707
CampusUrban
38 acres (15 ha)
NewspaperThe Corsair
Colors    Blue and white
NicknameCorsairs
Sporting affiliations
CCCAA – WSC,
SCFA (football)
MascotPico the Corsair
Websitesmc.edu

Santa Monica College (SMC) is a public community college in Santa Monica, California. Founded as a junior college in 1929, SMC enrolls over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college initially served pre-college high school students, eventually expanding its enrollment to educate college-age and non-traditional students with the intention to transfer to a four-year university. The college has high transfer rates to four-year universities such as the University of California and California State University campuses, being a leader among state community colleges in transfers to the former.[3]

  1. ^ "2021-2022 Tentative Budget Narrative" (PDF). Santa Monica College. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Fast Facts Fall 2020" (PDF). Santa Monica College. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Transfer Statistics". Santa Monica Community College. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.