Business, Management & Marketing at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a business, management & marketing school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business, management & marketing program.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business, Management & Marketing (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for business, management & marketing at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

SMC Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management & marketing majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Business, Management & Marketing Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of business, management & marketing associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business, management & marketing graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica College with a associate's in business, management & marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	138
White	76
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management & marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santa Monica College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	347
Accounting	39
General Sales & Marketing	9
Business Support & Assistant Services	1

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management & marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Office Clerks	331,120	$38,060
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	238,840	$43,670
Customer Service Representatives	207,100	$41,850
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.