Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 17,684 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
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 164 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 1 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 · 134 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 148 finishedGraduates here earned $39,816 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 76 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 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 · 68 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 96 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 96 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (89)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $32,528
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 26 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Apparel and TextilesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $22,886
- Apparel and TextilesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $29,795
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyCertificate · 9 finished
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finished
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsAssociate degree · 4 finished
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 52 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 244 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 47 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 63 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 351 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 59 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 54 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 121 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Computational ScienceAssociate degree
- DanceAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $22,567
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 4 finished
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 129 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 40 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $29,298
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 37 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $40,792
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $25,749
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, OtherAssociate degree · 2 finished
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 25 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finished
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 215 finishedNationally: $38,650
- HistoryAssociate degree · 43 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $32,008
- International BusinessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $59,091
- International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
- JournalismAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 1,982 finishedGraduates here earned $43,636 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 3,116 finishedGraduates here earned $46,324 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Library and Archives AssistingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $27,704
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,627
- Marine TransportationAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $51,615
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 51 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finished
- MusicCertificate · 37 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $36,701
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,648
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,698
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 55 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 51 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 186 finishedGraduates here earned $32,882 a year afterNationally: $30,994
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 89 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 40 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Real EstateCertificate · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $82,543 a year afterNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,917
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 52 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,421
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,638
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $32,424
- TaxationCertificate · 0 finished
- TaxationAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $23,913per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $33,837sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,156Source: 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
- $42,7976 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $51,22210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 29%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Planning to transfer to a four-year school? See how transfer works in California.
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Saddleback 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.
Spot something wrong? Report a data error.