SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE, SANTA BARBARA

Partners: Santa Barbara High School District, Carpinteria Unified School District, South Coast ROP

Santa Barbara City College has a large, well-established dual enrollment program offering college courses to high school students, many of whom are enrolled in career academies. With funds from the Irvine Foundation, the college developed bilingual program materials and implemented a freshman seminar (with credits that are transferable to the University of California) that has increased the participation of underrepresented students in dual enrollment.

>>Download the program brochure: English | Spanish

Number of students who took courses:

2008–2009: 1,058
2009–2010: 1,252

What do students have to say about the program?

[It’s] a great program, nice to get both high school and college credit.
—2009 survey

The dual enrollment program is great and I am so happy that we have it.
—2010 survey

I love being able to take classes that I otherwise couldn't.
—2010 survey