Student Population at Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College has a total of 22,375 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. All 22,375 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 5,723 White, 1,980 Black, and 1,993 Asian students out of a total of 22,375 are attending at Santa Monica College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, SMC has 1,155 students under 18 years old and 162 students over 65 years old. There are 15,122 students under 25 years old, and 7,253 students over 25 years old out of 22,375 total students.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Santa Monica College, 10,229 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,876 students are enrolled in some online courses.

9,276 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 953 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 22,375 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,492 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.67%.448 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,044 students transferred in as part-time status.