Academics at Santiago Canyon College

The Academic Picture

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

50 Majors With Completions

34:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

29% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

At 34 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Santiago Canyon College is above the national average of 15 to 1. 29% of the instructors at Santiago Canyon College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

Santiago Canyon College offers 50 majors with reported completions across 26 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Santiago Canyon College are summarised below:

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

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Santiago Canyon College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1,630
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers	318
Business Administration, Management and Operations	220
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	185
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	160

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Santiago Canyon College:

Need flexibility? Check whether Santiago Canyon College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 6,431 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Santiago Canyon College retains and graduates its students — 71% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Santiago Canyon College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Santiago Canyon College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Santiago Canyon College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Santiago Canyon College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Santiago Canyon College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Santiago Canyon College — the schools accreditation and what it means