Career Programs at Fullerton

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Fullerton College is $9,399 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

58% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,684 (exclude student loans).

Fullerton 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,399
Average Financial Amount	$4,684

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Fullerton College offers 62 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 5,550 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Fullerton College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	26	82
2 Years Certificate	35	2,045
4 Years Certificate	1	1
Total	62	5,550

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

82 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
2,045 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
3,422 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Communication	✕	1	-
Radio and Television	✕	4	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	1	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	1	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	11	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	1	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	3	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	6	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	2	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Interior Design	✕	6	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	7	-
Business [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	3	-
	Total	82

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	0	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	5	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	79 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	79	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	1	-
Apparel and Textile Manufacture	✕	1	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	42	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	472 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	472	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1,379 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1,379	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	0	-
Cabinetmaking and Millwork	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	3	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	1	-
Interior Design	✕	8	-
Graphic Design	✕	2	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	10	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	2	-
	Total	2,045

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	1	-
	Total	1

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	1	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	2	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	1	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Area Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	4	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	190 completers	-
Communication	✕	4	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	98	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	0	-
Journalism	✕	36	-
Radio and Television	✕	52	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	3	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	14	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	24	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	13	-
Education [+]	✕	105 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	105	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	13	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	36	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	12	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	55	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	2	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	12	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	27	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	56 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	56	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	242 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	242	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	35	-
Microbiology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	41	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1,089 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1,089	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	3	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	33	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	5	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	0	-
Chemistry	✕	51	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	11	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	176 completers	-
Psychology	✕	176	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	151 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	151	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	339 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	16	-
Economics	✕	29	-
Geography	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	45	-
Sociology	✕	240	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	0	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	2	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	6	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	157 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	11	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	4	-
Interior Design	✕	2	-
Graphic Design	✕	10	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	19	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	89	-
Music	✕	22	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	343 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	322	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	12	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	3	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	2	-
Real Estate	✕	1	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	49 completers	-
History	✕	49	-
	Total	3,422

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 18,370 students are attending at Fullerton College. There are 325 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 551 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 23 to 1 (4.35%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 646 (full-time) and 574 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Fullerton College is 32% and transfer-out rate is 10%. The retention rate is 72% at the school.

Fullerton 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	18,370
Graduation Rate	32%
Number of Faculty	876
Student to Faculty Ratio	23 to 1

Student Population at Fullerton

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 17,813 students enrolled into Fullerton College. By gender, 8,081 male and 9,732 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Fullerton College.

Student Population By Gender
Fullerton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,813	8,081	9,732
Full-time	6,611	3,106	3,505
Part-tme	11,202	4,975	6,227

There are 2,863 White (16.07%), 518 Black/African American (2.91%), 10,569 Hispanic (59.33%), 2,587 Asian (14.52%), and 11,809 students with other races attending Fullerton College. 109 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Fullerton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,813	8,081	9,732
American Indian/Native American	29	17	12
Asian	2,587	1,323	1,264
Black/African American	518	285	233
Hispanic	10,569	4,479	6,090
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	20	16
White	2,863	1,357	1,506
Two More	838	407	431
Un-Known	264	132	132
Non-resident Alien	109	61	48

Fullerton College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

6,946 students (38.99% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 7,403 students (41.56% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Fullerton College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Fullerton College
	Number of Students
Total	17,813
Enrolled Online Exclusively	6,946
Enrolled Some Online Courses	7,403
Not in Online Courses	3,464

By age range, at Fullerton College, 6,546 students are aged 20 to 24 (36.75% of total students), 6,436 students are aged below 20 (36.13%), 461 students are aged above 50 (4.49%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Fullerton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,813	8,081	9,732
Under 18	1,058	411	647
Age 18-19	5,378	2,569	2,809
Age 20-21	3,712	1,806	1,906
Age 22-24	2,834	1,370	1,464
Age 25-29	2,170	946	1,224
Age 30-34	1,002	431	571
Age 35-39	551	198	353
Age 40-49	644	192	452
Age 50-64	400	126	274
Over 64	61	29	32
Age Un-Known	3	3	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Fullerton College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1952 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Fullerton College.

321 E Chapman Avenue, Fullerton, CA

714-992-7000

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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