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Santiago Canyon College

Orange, California·Public, 2-year·Far West·sccollege.edu/SitePages/Home.aspx
Acceptance
Open admission
—
6-yr Graduation
48%
—
Total enrollment
11,897
peer median 8,103
Avg net price
$2,129
-$3.6k vs Community College
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About

Santiago Canyon College is a public community college in Orange, California. Along with Santa Ana College, Santiago Canyon College is one of two campuses in the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD).

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
48%
Full-time retention
71%

Pell equity

2.3pp gap
Pell recipients
46%111 of 243
Non-Pell (all)
48%290 of 600
Subsidized loan, no Pell
100%1 of 1
No Federal Aid
48%289 of 599

Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 147 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 143 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
147
Passing
4
2.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

147programs
  • Passing4 · 2.7%
  • No Data143 · 97.3%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
3
No data
143

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

4
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
+13.9%
$41,112 vs $36,082
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+36.1%
$49,100 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+65.9%
$59,862 vs $36,082
Biological and Physical Sciences
Associate Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+80.7%
$65,210 vs $36,082

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accredited since 2000Next review Mar 2029

Action history · 2

  1. Jun 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  2. Feb 2015Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$0
$30–48k$454
$48–75k$4,833
$75–110k$9,373
$110k+$11,014

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

Avg net price
$2,129
-$3,558vs Community College median $5,687
Federal loans
0.6%
In-state tuition
$1,164
Out-of-state
$9,612

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,686 students received $8.5M in Pell grants, alongside $525K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,686
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.5M
$8,483,861 total
Direct Loans
$525K
136 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$223K
73 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$264K
60 loan awards
Parent PLUS$38K
3 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 77 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (3.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.8%
+1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
77
Defaulted
3
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.0%
2017
10.3%
2018
9.6%
2019
3.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Santiago Canyon College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs65
UndergraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,255 total completions
01Liberal Arts
56545.0%
02Business
15012.0%
03Multi/Interdisciplinary
14011.2%
04Psychology
897.1%
05Social Sciences
876.9%
06Physical Sciences
554.4%
07Communication
534.2%
08Health Professions
403.2%
09Engineering Tech
393.1%
10Biological Sciences
372.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
11,897
12-mo unduplicated
20,364
Undergraduate
20,364
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
59%12,082
Women
41%8,282

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
59.1%
White
25.1%
Asian
6.3%
Two or more
3.8%
Black
2.1%
Unknown
2.0%
Non-resident
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
119
72 M · 47 W
Women athletes
39.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$892K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$69K
$103K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Soccer
35 M · 25 W
$292K
Volleyball
13 M · 9 W
$122K
Basketball
22 M · —
$73K
Beach Volleyball
— · 8 W
$44K
Cross Country
2 M · 5 W
$346K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.17
2 offenses · 11,979 students

3-year trend

0.252 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.17Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Arson
1
Statutory rape
1

By location

2total
  • On campus2

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
34.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
124

Santiago Canyon College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Santiago Canyon College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
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
SubjectSantiago Canyon College
48%Open admission11,897$2,129Community College
Bristol Community College
—Open admission6,950$5,547Community College
Bunker Hill Community College
—Open admission9,876$7,818Community College
Butler Community College
—Open admission6,841$15,724Community College
Cabrillo College
—Open admission9,457$15,843Community College
Cape Fear Community College
—Open admission14,082$9,610Community College
Chabot College
—Open admission12,842$9,053Community College
College of the Desert
—Open admission12,861$15,728Community College
Columbia State Community College
—Open admission5,712$4,734Community College
CUNY Bronx Community College
—Open admission6,787$4,462Community College
CUNY Hostos Community College
—Open admission5,478$5,297Community College
CUNY Queensborough Community College
—Open admission10,337$4,458Community College
Delta College
—Open admission8,397$4,547Community College
Hartnell College
—Open admission11,273$2,039Community College
Imperial Valley College
—Open admission8,873$1,115Community College
Las Positas College
—Open admission8,103$5,377Community College
Los Medanos College
—Open admission8,455$7,443Community College
Motlow State Community College
—Open admission5,980$15,742Community College
Mott Community College
—Open admission6,718$5,687Community College
Nashville State Community College
—Open admission7,533$6,777Community College
Oklahoma City Community College
—Open admission11,475$4,739Community College
Oxnard College
—Open admission7,361$0 or lessCommunity College
Pellissippi State Community College
—Open admission9,399$4,983Community College
Rockland Community College
—Open admission5,364$11,282Community College
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
—Open admission5,218$12,378Community College
South Plains College
—Open admission9,098$6,791Community College
Southwest Tennessee Community College
—100.0%7,004$4,754Community College
St Charles Community College
—Open admission6,143$5,837Community College
Ventura College
—Open admission12,222$0 or lessCommunity College
Volunteer State Community College
—Open admission6,963$7,802Community College
Walters State Community College
—Open admission5,899$5,387Community College
Peer group median48%100.0%8,103$5,687

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Explore the federal data for institutions in Santiago Canyon College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Santiago Canyon College Institutional Research office

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

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research
Address
8045 E. Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92869

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research transforms data into institutional knowledge used to foster student learning and achievement; it supports the college culture of data-informed decision-making by facilitating meaningful understanding of data and results related to outcomes assessment, program evaluation and improvement, institutional planning and accountability, and accreditation.

Visit IR office page
Team
3 members
  • Aaron Voelcker, M.S.
    Dean, Institutional Effectiveness, Library & Learning Support Services
  • Haydeh Kaveh
    Research Analyst
  • Mahbod Parvar
    Research Analyst

Reports & documents (2)

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

Grants & funding (1)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

USA Spending

Frequently asked questions about Santiago Canyon College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Santiago Canyon College.

What is the acceptance rate at Santiago Canyon College?

Santiago Canyon College does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution has an open admission policy: it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements, so it does not report a selective admit rate.

What is the graduation rate at Santiago Canyon College?

Santiago Canyon College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 48% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Santiago Canyon College?

Santiago Canyon College reports a total enrollment of 11,897 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Santiago Canyon College?

The average net price at Santiago Canyon College is $2,129 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Santiago Canyon College located?

Santiago Canyon College is located in Orange, California 92869-4512.

Who runs Institutional Research at Santiago Canyon College?

Santiago Canyon College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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