Career Programs at Saddleback

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Saddleback College is $13,732 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.

43% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,875 (exclude student loans).

Saddleback 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$13,732
Average Financial Amount	$3,875

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Saddleback College offers 88 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, 6,479 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Saddleback College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	55	794
2 Years Certificate	31	2,397
4 Years Certificate	2	98
Total	88	6,479

Programs by Award Level

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

794 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
2,397 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
98 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
3,190 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
Agriculture [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	41	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	19	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	6	-
Environmental Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Radio and Television	✕	71	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	62 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	61	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	1	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	6	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	11	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	5	-
Computer Graphics	✕	2	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	3	-
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	35	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	13	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	13	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	95 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	7	-
Adult Development and Aging	✕	7	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	80	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	11	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	30	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Corrections	✕	4	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	5	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	17	-
Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	4	-
Interior Design	✕	19	-
Graphic Design	✕	6	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	2	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	114 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	7	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	30	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	74	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	164 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	19	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	2	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	35	-
Retail Management	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	14	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	2	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	6	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	4	-
Real Estate	✕	67	-
Taxation	✕	4	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	10	-
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
	Total	794

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Architecture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	34	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	8	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	2	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	23	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	0	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	10	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	2,242 completers	$34,400
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	2,242	$34,400
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Corrections	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	1	-
Interior Design	✕	13	-
Graphic Design	✕	4	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	3	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	11	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	10	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	12	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	11	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Retail Management	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
	Total	2,397

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Interior Design	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	88	-
	Total	98

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	6	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	7	-
Architecture [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Area Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	0	-
Women's Studies	✔	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	166 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	122	-
Journalism	✕	17	-
Radio and Television	✕	27	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	4	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	29	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	2	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	9	-
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	41	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	9	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (2 completers)	28 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	0	-
Chinese Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Japanese Language and Literature	✕	6	-
German Language and Literature	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Italian Language and Literature	✔	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	9	-
Arabic Language and Literature	✕	2	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✔	10	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	0	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	17	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	0	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	41	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	0	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	42 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	42	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1,139 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1,033	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✔	106	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	40	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	60	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	78 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	78	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	19	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	85 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	6	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	39	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	37	-
Psychology [+]	✕	198 completers	-
Psychology	✕	198	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Corrections	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	218 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	3	-
Anthropology	✔	19	-
Economics	✕	62	-
Geography	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✔	60	-
Sociology	✔	65	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	5	-
Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Marine Transportation (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	110 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	10	-
Dance	✕	3	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	2	-
Interior Design	✕	4	-
Graphic Design	✕	9	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	15	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	4	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	1	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	0	-
Photography	✕	9	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	48	-
Music	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	123 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	11	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	14	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	8	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	88	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	389 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	20	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	310	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	18	-
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	✕	0	-
Retail Management	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	5	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	3	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	2	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✔	23	-
Taxation	✕	1	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	5	-
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
History [+]	✔	33 completers	-
History	✔	33	-
	Total	3,190

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 16,660 students are attending at Saddleback College. There are 242 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 631 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 24 to 1 (4.17%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 547 (full-time) and 680 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Saddleback College is 46% and transfer-out rate is 9%. The retention rate is 74% at the school.

Saddleback 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	16,660
Graduation Rate	46%
Number of Faculty	873
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1

Student Population at Saddleback

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 17,392 students enrolled into Saddleback College. By gender, 7,707 male and 9,685 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Saddleback College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,392	7,707	9,685
Full-time	5,277	2,712	2,565
Part-tme	12,115	4,995	7,120

There are 8,031 White (46.18%), 396 Black/African American (2.28%), 4,978 Hispanic (28.62%), 2,018 Asian (11.60%), and 6,901 students with other races attending Saddleback College. 265 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Saddleback College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,392	7,707	9,685
American Indian/Native American	44	19	25
Asian	2,018	855	1,163
Black/African American	396	188	208
Hispanic	4,978	2,039	2,939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	27	19
White	8,031	3,681	4,350
Two More	1,058	488	570
Un-Known	556	255	301
Non-resident Alien	265	155	110

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

8,439 students (48.52% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 5,804 students (33.37% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Saddleback College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Saddleback College
	Number of Students
Total	17,392
Enrolled Online Exclusively	8,439
Enrolled Some Online Courses	5,804
Not in Online Courses	3,149

By age range, at Saddleback College, 5,561 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.97% of total students), 6,166 students are aged below 20 (35.45%), 1,048 students are aged above 50 (9.96%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Saddleback College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	17,392	7,707	9,685
Under 18	1,138	509	629
Age 18-19	5,028	2,577	2,451
Age 20-21	3,273	1,705	1,568
Age 22-24	2,288	1,089	1,199
Age 25-29	1,766	695	1,071
Age 30-34	1,068	390	678
Age 35-39	741	215	526
Age 40-49	1,042	227	815
Age 50-64	866	228	638
Over 64	182	72	110

Directory and Accreditation Information

Saddleback College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1971 - Current).

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

28000 Marguerite Pky, Mission Viejo, CA

949-582-4500

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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