Orange Coast College Business Programs

Orange Coast College is a public institution located in Costa Mesa, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Orange Coast College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Orange Coast College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Most Popular Specialized Sales Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Orange Coast College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#60	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#62	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#149	Best Value Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual
#153	Best Value Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#195	Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Orange Coast College?

Contact details for Orange Coast College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone:	714-432-5072
Website:	www.orangecoastcollege.edu/

How Do I Get Into Orange Coast College?

You can apply to Orange Coast College online at: https://www.opencccapply.net/uPortal/render.userLayoutRootNode.uP

Orange Coast College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Orange Coast College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Orange Coast College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,350 a year. That adds up to $21,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Orange Coast College is 12.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Orange Coast College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,125 undergraduate students at Orange Coast College, with 6,488 being full-time and 11,637 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,488 full-time undergraduates at Orange Coast College, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Orange Coast College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,481
Black or African American	94
Hispanic or Latino	1,981
White	1,792
International Students	660
Other Races/Ethnicities	480

Online Learning at Orange Coast College

In 2019-2020, 12,591 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Orange Coast College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Orange Coast College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Orange Coast College was 103.8%. This is the #336 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Orange Coast College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Orange Coast College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	17	356	14	387
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	71	11	12	94
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	38	10	0	48
General Economics	0	37	0	37
Real Estate	28	1	0	29
Taxation	16	0	0	16
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	5	5	10
Professional Sales	6	0	0	6
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	0	2	3	5
Advertising	2	0	0	2
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	0	0	1	1
Retail Management	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	178	422	35	635

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.