Career Programs at SCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Santiago Canyon College is $9,612 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.

30% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,201 (exclude student loans).

SCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,612
Average Financial Amount	$4,201

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Santiago Canyon College offers 35 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 3,130 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Santiago Canyon College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	28	706
2 Years Certificate	7	884
Total	35	3,130

Programs by Award Level

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

706 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
884 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,540 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 [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Advertising	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	2	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	12	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	386 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	335	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Surveying Technology/Surveying	✕	43	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	19	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	76 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	0	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	33	-
Electrician	✕	12	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	16	-
Drywall Installation/Drywaller	✕	3	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	12	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation	✕	49	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	143 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	39	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	39	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✕	42	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	14	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	7	-
	Total	706

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	860 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	860	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Electrician	✕	20	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	0	-
	Total	884

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	61	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	1	-
Computer Science	✕	7	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	12	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	12	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	31	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Surveying Technology/Surveying	✕	14	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	18 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	629 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	240	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	389	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	32	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	37	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	130 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	130	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	43	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	32	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	28	-
Psychology [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Psychology	✕	106	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	102 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	0	-
Anthropology	✕	4	-
Economics	✕	13	-
Geography	✕	6	-
Political Science and Government	✕	37	-
Sociology	✕	42	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	0	-
Electrician	✕	1	-
Drywall Installation/Drywaller	✕	2	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	6	-
Construction Trades (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	0	-
Graphic Design	✕	3	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	17	-
Business [+]	✕	180 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	159	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	7	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✕	11	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	2	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	18 completers	-
History	✕	18	-
	Total	1,540

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 11,696 students are attending at Santiago Canyon College. There are 113 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 365 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 36 to 1 (2.78%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 257 (full-time) and 413 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Santiago Canyon College is 45% and transfer-out rate is 8%. The retention rate is 73% at the school.

SCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	11,696
Graduation Rate	45%
Number of Faculty	478
Student to Faculty Ratio	36 to 1

Student Population at SCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 12,159 students enrolled into Santiago Canyon College. By gender, 8,114 male and 4,045 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Santiago Canyon College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,159	8,114	4,045
Full-time	2,243	1,129	1,114
Part-tme	9,916	6,985	2,931

There are 3,103 White (25.52%), 265 Black/African American (2.18%), 7,180 Hispanic (59.05%), 769 Asian (6.32%), and 7,987 students with other races attending Santiago Canyon College. 67 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Santiago Canyon College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,159	8,114	4,045
American Indian/Native American	27	20	7
Asian	769	413	356
Black/African American	265	201	64
Hispanic	7,180	4,874	2,306
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	28	7
White	3,103	2,098	1,005
Two More	472	278	194
Un-Known	241	162	79
Non-resident Alien	67	40	27

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

2,781 students (22.87% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,547 students (20.95% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Santiago Canyon College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Santiago Canyon College
	Number of Students
Total	12,159
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,781
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,547
Not in Online Courses	6,831

By age range, at Santiago Canyon College, 3,694 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.38% of total students), 3,087 students are aged below 20 (25.39%), 288 students are aged above 50 (4.44%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Santiago Canyon College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,159	8,114	4,045
Under 18	551	224	327
Age 18-19	2,536	1,316	1,220
Age 20-21	1,898	1,105	793
Age 22-24	1,796	1,235	561
Age 25-29	2,158	1,693	465
Age 30-34	1,473	1,221	252
Age 35-39	775	625	150
Age 40-49	684	515	169
Age 50-64	270	172	98
Over 64	18	8	10

Directory and Accreditation Information

Santiago Canyon College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/2000 - Current).

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

8045 E Chapman, Orange, CA

714-628-4900

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