unitid 120342 · Costa Mesa, CA · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Orange Coast College
- enrollment 2023
- 22,363
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
16,091
97th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
29th pctl among public 2-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
75th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,561
57th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$7,203
after aid, aided students
46th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,348
after entry, Title IV students
93rd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$9,500
37th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $5,562 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k63%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k13%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $17,828
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,392
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,656 | $52,560 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 400 | $44,010 | $6,955 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 320 | $53,747 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 190 | $38,413 | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 148 | $46,401 | — |
| Computer Programming. | 126 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 125 | — | — |
| Computer Programming. | 124 | — | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 109 | $45,040 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 92 | $79,182 | $11,000 |
| Chemistry. | 64 | — | — |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services. | 58 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.