Golden West College
Huntington Beach, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 9,034 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 56 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 157 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 106 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 127 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 99 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (56)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $32,528
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finished
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Area StudiesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,857
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 374 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 29 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 223 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificateNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 42 finishedNationally: $33,346
- DanceAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 186 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 39 finishedNationally: $24,176
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,650
- HistoryAssociate degree · 21 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,008
- International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
- International Relations and National Security StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $77,470
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 1,844 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,514 finishedGraduates here earned $29,429 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $31,627
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 37 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,993
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesCertificate · 130 finishedNationally: $50,538
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 90 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $32,424
- TaxationCertificate · 4 finished
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- Not reportedper year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,765sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,202Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 51%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,3716 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $50,59210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 33%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 Golden West 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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