Santa Monica College
School info
3.8
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.2
Food
3.2
Clubs
3.6
Facilities
4
Internet
3.6
Location
4.2
Opportunities
3.9
Safety
4.1
Social
3.4
Happiness
4.1
Basic Information
Location
- Santa Monica, CA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public community college
- Established: 1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Academic information
Key Area
- Art
- Media
- and Entertainment
- Health and Wellness
- STEM
- Culture
- History
- and Languages
- People and Society
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 29,615 (fall 2020)9,351 full-time16,925 part-time
- Undergraduates: 27,436
- Postgraduates: 0
- Academic Staff: 2,023
Notable Alumni
- Rivers Cuomo
- Sean Penn
- Kenan Thompson
- Ryan Seacrest
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Good reviews
Overall 5
really nice environment, nice people and communities, close to beach and all, and great resources!
Overall 5
Outstanding
Overall 5
Truly excellent institution
Overall 5
Interconnected organized faculty focused on student readiness and preparation for further academic success.
Overall 5
Amazing school. Best decision to come here
Overall 5
Smc is the best college that I have ever attended the staff and faculty is always there to help you
Overall 5
so happy!! better than pierce :)
Overall 5
Best school I have gone to so far.
Overall 5
Great campus, great staff!
Overall 5
There are a lot of things offered to students who are in need.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
A homeless person attacked me and the school didn't care I got rape threats and they didn't care
Overall 1
The worst college ever! Professors are lazy and they are not willing to help. Do not go here
Overall 1
Santa Monica College is synonymous with the word slow. When I email my counselors or the administration, it takes them weeks to respond. They often never respond to my emails or don't follow up with my phone calls. Everything is a process with these people.
Overall 1
Have to pay 50 dollars for and school id card that you never get for online school, everyone should chargeback if you can
Overall 1.7
Overall 1.7
For some reason the teachers at Santa Monica College dont understand that is a community college, not a normal four-year university. The coursework is so hard and on top of that I have to single-parent My two kids. They dont seem to know that community college kids typically have more responsibilities then your typical college kid
Overall 1.8
Great reputation but protect their professors more than their students. Complaints are sent to departments heads. IF they answer, its weeks later and responses are typically our hands are tied. Since COVID, not one of my professors had continued to give live lessons. Just short YouTube video clips that dont allow you to stop and ask for help.
Overall 2
Don't go here. There are so many better options. . Most of the professors suck. The good ones, are always full (bc obviously), admin is absolutely atrocious. They will definitely mess ur transcripts up. They keep you in prerequisite classes so that they can leech more money off of you. BEWARE!!