Coastline Community College
Tel:
(714) 546-7600
- Coastline Community College is one of the nation's most innovative institutions providing a high quality, flexible education to students with advanced distance learning options as well as local campuses in 3 different locations in Orange County; Newport Beach, Westminster and Garden Grove. Coastline is recognized for offering more than 250 online and other distance education courses.
School Highlights
Coastline Community College serves 24,886 students (7% of students are full-time).
Minority enrollment is 91% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Asian), which is more than the state average of 68%.
School News
- Coastline Community College on the top 50 best colleges - 02/18/2020 - In 2018 Coastline Community Colege was ranked #4 of the top best 50 community colleges. Once again is in the top runner of 1,700 different community colleges nationwide.
Top Placements
Coastline Community College places among the top 20% of community colleges in California for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
- Community Size Largest student body
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
The teacher population of 125 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Coastline Community College | (CA) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate of Arts Colleges | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges |
| Institution Level | Less than 2 yrs | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 125 staff | 97 staff |
Extracurriculars
| Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric. | 9 extracurriculars |
| ExtracurricularsExtra-curric. | Club or Organization: Coastline Special Program is the largest Disabled Programs and Services Program, Coastline's Military Programs, CyberSecurity, Learning 1st Program, STAR 2.0 Program, The Computer Information Systems Program, The Digital Graphic Application Program, The Paralegal Program Arts and Music Programs: Coastline Art Program |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Students benefit from smaller class sizes and personalized attention from dedicated faculty and staff. Coastline offers certificates and A.A/A.S. transfer degree programs for students. Online students recieve the same support as on-site student, with family and or work obligations, our students have options on course length and start date to personalize their schedule and goals.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Coastline Community College is Orange Coast College (3.2 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 21,247 students | 3.20 Mi2701 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 432-5072 3.2021,247 - Santa Ana CollegePublic29,590 students | 3.80 Mi1530 W. 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 564-6000 3.8029,590 - Concorde Career College-Garden GrovePrivate, for profit974 students | 4.10 Mi12951 Euclid Street, Suite 101
Garden Grove, CA 92840
(714) 703-1900 4.10974 - Pacific CollegePrivate, for profit274 students | 4.10 Mi3160 Red Hill Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 662-4402 4.10274 - Career College of CaliforniaPrivate, for profit194 students | 4.20 Mi201 E. 4th Street, Suite 200
Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 586-5775 4.20194
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