Community Colleges Near Santa Cruz
30 community colleges within 100 miles of Santa Cruz, enrolling 303,893 students.
The closest option is Cabrillo College in Aptos, 6.2 miles from Santa Cruz (about 7-11 minutes by car). Santa Cruz (pop. 59,946) is in California.
Chabot College in Hayward has the lowest tuition at $1,150 per year.
Community colleges below are sorted by distance from Santa Cruz. Most have open admission and flexible start dates.
Cabrillo College
- Public 2 Year
- Aptos, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 6 miles from Santa Cruz
Cabrillo is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and dental hygiene. The hillside campus in Aptos overlooks Monterey Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $20,716
West Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Saratoga, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 20 miles from Santa Cruz
West Valley is a public community college known for associate degrees and university transfer preparation. The suburban campus sits in Saratoga in Silicon Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,270
De Anza College
- Public 2 Year
- Cupertino, CA
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- 24 miles from Santa Cruz
De Anza is a public community college known for undergraduate business, computer science, and nursing. The suburban campus sits in Cupertino in Silicon Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,693
San Jose City College
- Public 2 Year
- San Jose, CA
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- 24 miles from Santa Cruz
San Jose City College is a public community college known for transfer pathways and career technical programs. Most students commute to its urban campus in Silicon Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $19,585
Gavilan College
- Public 2 Year
- Gilroy, CA
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- 26 miles from Santa Cruz
Gavilan is a public community college offering associate degrees in nursing and career technical fields. Most students attend the main campus in Gilroy in southern Santa Clara County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,753
Evergreen Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- San Jose, CA
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- 27 miles from Santa Cruz
Evergreen Valley is a public community college offering associate degrees and transfer preparation for four-year universities. The campus is in the Evergreen area of southeast San Jose.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,186
Foothill College
- Public 2 Year
- Los Altos Hills, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 27 miles from Santa Cruz
Foothill is a public community college known for undergraduate dental hygiene and science transfer pathways. The hillside campus sits in Los Altos Hills overlooking Silicon Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,805
Monterey Peninsula College
- Public 2 Year
- Monterey, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 28 miles from Santa Cruz
Monterey Peninsula College is a public community college known for undergraduate marine science and hospitality programs. The campus sits near Monterey Bay on California's central coast.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,483
Hartnell College
- Public 2 Year
- Salinas, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 29 miles from Santa Cruz
Hartnell is a public community college known for undergraduate agriculture and nursing programs. The campus is located in California's agricultural Salinas Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,246
Mission College
- Public 2 Year
- Santa Clara, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 29 miles from Santa Cruz
Mission College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and fire protection technology. The suburban campus is located in Santa Clara in Silicon Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,646
Canada College
- Public 2 Year
- Redwood City, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 35 miles from Santa Cruz
Canada College is a public community college known for transfer pathways and career programs in nursing, radiologic technology, and design. The hillside campus sits above Redwood City on the San Francisco Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $4,276
Ohlone College
- Public 2 Year
- Fremont, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 39 miles from Santa Cruz
Ohlone is a public community college known for undergraduate deaf studies, ASL interpreting, and nursing. The main campus is in Fremont in California's East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $18,639
College of San Mateo
- Public 2 Year
- San Mateo, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 42 miles from Santa Cruz
College of San Mateo is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and astronomy. The hilltop campus overlooks San Francisco Bay on the Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,831
Chabot College
- Public 2 Year
- Hayward, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 46 miles from Santa Cruz
Chabot is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, dental hygiene, and automotive technology. The campus sits in Hayward in California's East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,043
Skyline College
- Public 2 Year
- San Bruno, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 51 miles from Santa Cruz
Skyline is a public community college known for automotive technology and respiratory care programs. The campus sits in San Bruno on the San Francisco Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,639
Las Positas College
- Public 2 Year
- Livermore, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 52 miles from Santa Cruz
Las Positas is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer pathways and career technical programs. The campus is in Livermore in California's East Bay Tri-Valley region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,669
College of Alameda
- Public 2 Year
- Alameda, CA
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- 57 miles from Santa Cruz
College of Alameda is a public community college known for aviation maintenance technology and career technical programs. The campus is located on Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,506
City College of San Francisco
- Public 2 Year
- San Francisco, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 57 miles from Santa Cruz
A large public community college known for undergraduate nursing, culinary arts, and transfer preparation. The main Ocean Avenue campus and additional centers serve students across San Francisco.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,616