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Geography at Santa Barbara City College

If you plan to study Geography, take a look at what Santa Barbara City College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Santa Barbara City College sits in Santa Barbara, CA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 11 geography degrees were granted at Santa Barbara City College.

Online Class Availability at Santa Barbara City College

Distance learning is available at Santa Barbara City College. Among 12,334 students, 3,733 (30%) studied exclusively online and 4,758 (39%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the composition of Geography graduates at Santa Barbara City College, broken down by degree level.

Across all degree levels, Geography graduates at Santa Barbara City College are 45% women (5) and 55% men (6).

Geography Associate’s Program at Santa Barbara City College

Of the 11 associate’s geography degrees awarded at Santa Barbara City College, 45% were women (5) and 55% were men (6).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Geography associate’s degree recipients at Santa Barbara City College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	8
Hispanic / Latino	2
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of Geography associate’s degree recipients at Santa Barbara City College, below the national average of 50%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Geography Graduates

Those who complete Geography program at Santa Barbara City College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Geography majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wind Energy Development Managers	$169,952
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$123,658
Wind Energy Operations Managers	$122,567
Compliance Managers	$117,178
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers	$99,321
Managers, All Other	$95,684
Regulatory Affairs Managers	$77,828
Geographers	$77,391
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	$47,034

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.