Inside Academics at Orange Coast College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Orange Coast College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

70 Majors With Completions

26:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

35% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Orange Coast College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At 26 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Orange Coast College is above the national average of 15 to 1. 35% of the instructors at Orange Coast College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Orange Coast College can choose from 70 majors with reported graduates spanning 29 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Orange Coast College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Orange Coast College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	2,059
Business Administration, Management and Operations	388
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	222
Computer Programming	202
Psychology, General	178

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Orange Coast College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Orange Coast College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 8,671 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Orange Coast College retains and graduates its students — 74% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Orange Coast College.

Continue Your Research at Orange Coast College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Academic Majors at Orange Coast College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Orange Coast College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Orange Coast College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Distance Learning at Orange Coast College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Orange Coast College — regional and program accreditation status