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%
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA 92626City: MidsizeUNITID 120342
Public 2-yearAssociate's Colleges: High Transfer-High TraditionalHispanic-servingAANAPI-servingSpecialty: Liberal Arts 39%Specialty: Business 10%
Undergraduates
16,091
Graduate students
Not reported
Admit rate
Not reported
Average net price
$7.2k
Graduation rate
48%
Retention rate
74%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$47.3k
Median debt
$9.5k
Student : faculty
27:1
Value score*
90th pct.
Programs offered
127
Highest degree
Associate degree
- Sector
- Public 2-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
- Carnegie
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
- Size & setting
- Two-year, very large
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly certificate-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
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- Grad rate
- 30%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 30%
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El Camino Community College District
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- Undergrads
- 19.2k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $6k
- Grad rate
- 42%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 24%
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- Undergrads
- 12.2k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $5.3k
- Grad rate
- 37%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 40%
- Specialty: Business 15%
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
- Undergrads
- 15.1k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $6.3k
- Grad rate
- 37%
- Hispanic-serving
- Specialty: Liberal Arts 27%
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Chabot College
Hayward, CA
- Undergrads
- 11.4k
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $9.1k
- Grad rate
- 47%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
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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.