Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 7,393 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 80 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 59 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,779
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
Engineering technology
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 45 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,889
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Other programs (51)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 106 finished
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 107 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 160 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 278 finishedGraduates here earned $63,053 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $33,346
- EconomicsCertificate · 33 finishedNationally: $64,762
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Education, OtherCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $52,848
- Education, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $78,686
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $25,749
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 43 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 46 finishedNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsCertificateNationally: $34,451
- HistoryAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $32,008
- International BusinessCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $59,091
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 110 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 353 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Natural SciencesCertificate
- Natural SciencesAssociate degreeNationally: $28,703
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public HealthCertificateNationally: $42,865
- Real EstateCertificate · 33 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificateNationally: $45,055
- SociologyAssociate degree · 71 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,489
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $12,259per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $20,726sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,186Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 37%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $48,6996 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $51,33810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 19%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Coastline Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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