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Coastline Community College

Fountain Valley, California·Public, 2-year·Far West
6-yr Graduation
34%
Enrollment
9,008
peer median 9,380
Avg net price
$9,605
+$3.4k vs Community College
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About

Coastline College is a California public community college with mini-campuses in Westminster, Garden Grove, and Newport Beach, and an administration building in Fountain Valley, California. The college offers Associate in Arts degrees, Associate in Science degrees, courses to prepare students to transfer to a four-year college or university, and career and technical courses that can lead to career advancement and/or an occupational certificate. The college was founded in 1976 and is part of the Coast Community College District and the California Community Colleges.

Outcomes & equity

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
34%
Full-time retention
43%

What families actually pay

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$9,105
$30–48k$8,244
$48–75k$10,562
$75–110k$14,649
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$9,605
+$3,393vs Community College median $6,212
Pell recipients
91.3%
Federal loans
1.5%

Academic programs

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs58
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,101 total
01Liberal Arts
35332.1%
02Business
30527.7%
03Multi/Interdisciplinary
1079.7%
04Area/Ethnic Studies
1069.6%
05Social Sciences
918.3%
06Computer Sciences
666.0%
07Psychology
252.3%
08Legal Professions
232.1%
09Mechanic
131.2%
10Communication
121.1%

Enrollment & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
9,008
12-mo unduplicated
16,323
Undergraduate
16,323
Graduate
13,543

Gender split

Men
54%8,878
Women
46%7,445

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
32.4%
White
27.2%
Asian
19.9%
Black
10.0%
Two or more
3.9%
Unknown
3.4%
Non-resident
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%

Faculty

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
39.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
55

Coastline Community College vs IPEDS peer group

The peer institutions Coastline Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectCoastline Community College
34%9,008$9,605Community College
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
8,486$11,471Community College
Brightpoint Community College
9,380$5,583Community College
Camden County College
7,622$5,124Community College
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
6,839$3,816Community College
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
7,798$2,651Community College
Clovis Community College
10,358$7,118Community College
College of Lake County
12,530$6,212Community College
College of Western Idaho
11,015$7,697Community College
Community College of Aurora
8,833$7,466Community College
Illinois Central College
7,906$11,510Community College
Johnson County Community College
18,743$13,912Community College
Lane Community College
6,810$7,427Community College
Los Angeles City College
14,611$7,532Community College
Los Angeles Mission College
10,690$11,972Community College
McHenry County College
9,399$8,093Community College
McLennan Community College
7,850$6,185Community College
Mohawk Valley Community College
5,940$8,404Community College
Normandale Community College
11,026$12,370Community College
Oakton College
8,329$6,188Community College
Ocean County College
7,095$10,576Community College
Palo Alto College
12,395$4,374Community College
Pima Community College
16,283$3,123Community College
Reedley College
8,796$1,584Community College
San Diego City College
13,242-$818Community College
San Diego Miramar College
14,257-$2,735Community College
Scottsdale Community College
7,065$14,380Community College
Texas Southmost College
8,828$5,458Community College
Washtenaw Community College
11,133$3,561Community College
Wayne County Community College District
11,887$5,762Community College
William Rainey Harper College
13,988$6,186Community College
Peer group median34%9,380$6,212

Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Department of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
714-546-7600
Address
Student Services Center, 11460 Warner Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

The Coastline Department of Institutional Effectiveness supports the planning and decision-making efforts throughout the college by providing data, analytics, and information for managing and maintaining the quality and effectiveness and encouraging continuous improvement of academic programs, academic and student support services, and administrative services.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Dr. Aeron Zentner
    Dean of Institutional Effectiveness

Documents & reports (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

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