The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara
About
The Colleges of Law is a private law school in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 68 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (2.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at TCLSB
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
TCLSB vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions TCLSB selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | — | — | 78 | — | — |
| — | — | 154 | — | — | |
| — | — | 262 | — | — | |
| — | — | 288 | — | — | |
| — | — | 273 | — | — | |
| — | — | 650 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | — | — | 268 | — |
Institutions like TCLSB
Explore the federal data for institutions in TCLSB's comparison group.
- California
San Joaquin College of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment154Net price—View data - California
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment262Net price—View data - California
The Colleges of Law at Ventura
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment288Net price—View data - California
Trinity Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment273Net price—View data - California
California Western School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment650Net price—View data
Campus network
TCLSB is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
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