Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College (OCC) is a 2-year community college located in Costa Mesa, California minutes from Disneyland Resort and California's most popular beaches. As a community college, OCC is accessible offering low-cost tuition and flexible admissions for programs leading to associate degrees, certificates and transfer to 4-year universities. OCC is large, comprehensive and high-performing educating 22,000 students from 80 countries, offering 135 majors and preparing thousands of students for university transfer and the workforce. OCC offers unique programs including animation, interior design, fashion, architecture technology, theatre arts, film and television, aviation pilot training, sailing and yachting, culinary arts, and the largest 2-year marine science program in the U.S. home to California's only student-led research aquarium. OCC is also a popular recruiting school for athletics, where nearly 100 of its student-athletes transferring to the NCAA each year. OCC has an onsite intensive ESL program and is currently the only community college in Southern California with on-campus student housing.