Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
- Undergrads
- 17.7k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $5.8k
- Grad rate
- 38%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 30%
- Specialty: Business 16%
El Camino Community College District
Torrance, CA 90506Suburb: LargeUNITID 113980
Public 2-yearAssociate's Colleges: High Transfer-High TraditionalHispanic-servingSpecialty: Liberal Arts 24%Specialty: Business 10%
Undergraduates
19,210
Graduate students
Not reported
Admit rate
Not reported
Average net price
$6k
Graduation rate
42%
Retention rate
73%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$41.6k
Median debt
Not reported
Student : faculty
28:1
Value score*
91th pct.
Programs offered
100
Highest degree
Associate degree
- Sector
- Public 2-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
- Size & setting
- Two-year, very large
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly associate's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 22.4k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $6.2k
- Grad rate
- 30%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 30%
- Specialty: Business 15%
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Undergrads
- 18.1k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $5.7k
- Grad rate
- 36%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Business 18%
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 16%
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA
- Undergrads
- 17.7k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $6.6k
- Grad rate
- 33%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 14%
Fullerton College
Fullerton, CA
- Undergrads
- 17.1k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $6.1k
- Grad rate
- 34%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 29%
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA
- Undergrads
- 16.1k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $7.2k
- Grad rate
- 48%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 39%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.