Officials attributed the results to transfer admission guarantees, the Scholars Program and events such as college fairs

Santa Monica College sent 995 students to University of California campuses in the 2024-2025 academic year, maintaining its position as the top transfer feeder among California community colleges for the 35th consecutive year, according to UC data released this week.

The college also remained the leading source of African American and Latinx transfers to the UC system, with 59 and 214 students respectively. UCLA received the most SMC transfers at 437, followed by UC San Diego with 162 and UC Santa Barbara with 112.

SMC ranked first among community colleges for transfers to the University of Southern California (126 students) and Loyola Marymount University (90 student

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