Career College of California (Closed 2025)

201 E. 4th Street, Suite 200
Santa Ana, CA 92701
  • Empowering job seekers and career changers to begin promising careers in healthcare, business and law. High quality job-skills training, life-skills workshops, and intensive, individualized placement assistance. Conveniently located in downtown Santa Ana, Career College of California's training programs include Medical Assistant, Medical Front Office with Billing and Coding, Business Office Administration and Paralegal. Achieve industry leading results with proven programs and supportive professional faculty and staff focused on your individual success . Call (714)-795-3930 or stop by today to find out how we can help you start a new career in as few as 8 months!

School Highlights

Career College of California served 194 students (69% of students were full-time).
The college's student-teacher ratio of 28:1 was lower than the state community college average of 44:1.
Minority enrollment was 84% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which was more than the state average of 77%.

School Overview

Career College of California
(CA) Community College Avg.
Carnegie Classification
Item not available
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Institution Level
Less than 2 years (below associate)
At least 2 but less than 4 years
Institution Control
Private, for profit
Public
Total Faculty
7 staff
72 staff
Number of Programs Offered
5
9

Student Body

Total Enrollment
194 students
6,838 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
28:1
44:1
# Full-Time Students
134 students
1,022 students
# Part-Time Students
60 students
5,816 students
# Enrollment Undergraduate
194 students
2,055 students
# Full-Time Undergraduate Students
134 students
967 students
# Part-Time Undergraduate Students
60 students
5,850 students
% Asian
3%
12%
% Hispanic
78%
46%
% Black
2%
7%
% White
16%
23%
% Hawaiian
1%
n/a
Diversity Score
0.36
0.71

Tuition & Financial Aid

% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid
100%
85%
Source: 2006 (or latest year available) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

School Notes

  • Each of our programs has great career education benefits. Our Business Office Administration Program offers business education and training in Microsoft Office software. Our Paralegal Program offers a 150 hour externship. Medical Assistant students have over a 96% completion rate. Our Medical Front Office with Billing and Coding Program gives training in CPT, ICD-9, HCPCS and ICD-10 Coding and HIPAA Certification.
Profile last updated: 05/10/2026

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