unitid 399212 · Orange, CA · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Santiago Canyon College
- enrollment 2023
- 18,473
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
10,579
93rd pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
11%
undergrads on Pell grants
3rd pctl among public 2-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
74th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,818
34th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$2,129
after aid, aided students
5th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,956
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$5,125
2nd 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 $-219 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
- 0-30k54%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $23,351
- First-generation students
- 54%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,164
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 8.8× 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. | 908 | $45,862 | $5,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 618 | $46,145 | $5,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 207 | — | — |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians. | 181 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 178 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 166 | — | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 161 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 158 | — | — |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers. | 137 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 132 | — | — |
| Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians. | 89 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 72 | — | — |
— 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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built 2026-07-17
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.