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.
Merritt College
- Public 2 Year
- Oakland, CA
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- 57 miles from Santa Cruz
Merritt is a public community college known for nursing and landscape horticulture. The campus sits in the Oakland hills overlooking San Francisco Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,581
Laney College
- Public 2 Year
- Oakland, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 58 miles from Santa Cruz
Laney is a public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts and career technical programs. The urban campus sits near Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $17,741
Berkeley City College
- Public 2 Year
- Berkeley, CA
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- 63 miles from Santa Cruz
Berkeley City College is a public community college known for transfer preparation and programs in the liberal arts and sciences. The urban campus sits in downtown Berkeley near UC Berkeley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,695
Diablo Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Pleasant Hill, CA
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- 69 miles from Santa Cruz
Diablo Valley College is a community college known for transfer pathways to UC Berkeley and other University of California campuses. The suburban campus sits in Pleasant Hill in the San Francisco East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,001
Contra Costa College
- Public 2 Year
- San Pablo, CA
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- 71 miles from Santa Cruz
Contra Costa College is a public community college known for nursing and university-transfer programs. The campus is in San Pablo in California's East Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,384
Los Medanos College
- Public 2 Year
- Pittsburg, CA
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- 72 miles from Santa Cruz
Los Medanos is a public community college known for transfer pathways and career programs in nursing and process technology. The campus is in Pittsburg in eastern Contra Costa County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,860
College of Marin
- Public 2 Year
- Kentfield, CA
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- 73 miles from Santa Cruz
College of Marin is a public community college known for nursing, performing arts, and transfer preparation. The suburban Kentfield campus sits in Marin County north of San Francisco.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,662
Modesto Junior College
- Public 2 Year
- Modesto, CA
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- 73 miles from Santa Cruz
Modesto Junior College is a public community college known for undergraduate agriculture, nursing, and transfer-oriented academics. The campus sits in Modesto in California's Central Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,605
San Joaquin Delta College
- Public 2 Year
- Stockton, CA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 81 miles from Santa Cruz
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and agriculture programs. Most students commute to the campus in Stockton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,293
Solano Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Fairfield, CA
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- 87 miles from Santa Cruz
Solano is a public community college offering associate degrees, transfer preparation, and career technical programs. The main campus is in Fairfield on the I-80 corridor between Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,102
Merced College
- Public 2 Year
- Merced, CA
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- 89 miles from Santa Cruz
A public community college known for associate programs in agriculture and nursing. The campus sits in California's Central Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,854
Napa Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Napa, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91 miles from Santa Cruz
Napa Valley College is a public community college known for programs in viticulture and winery technology. The campus is set in California's Napa Valley wine region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $19,587