California State Tuition Atlas

Orange Coast College

Public 2-year school in Costa Mesa, California. Prices below are the 2023-24 published charges for full-time undergraduates.

Academic year 2023-24; IPEDS status: file published by NCES on 2024-08-20; provisional/final status not independently confirmed. Prices are the published charges for full-time undergraduates before any financial aid. These are sticker prices, not what a student pays after grants and scholarships.

Tuition and required fees

Tuition and required fees, 2023-24 academic year
ResidencyTuitionRequired feesTuition and feesNote
In-state$1,104$104$1,208Students who meet the residency requirements.
Out-of-state$9,888$104$9,992Students who do not meet the residency requirements.

"Tuition and fees" is the published figure for the year. The tuition and fee columns are separate items in the source; a school may report one without the other, and "not reported" means the source has no figure (it is never shown as $0).

Other costs

Other costs, 2023-24 academic year (not part of tuition and fees)
ItemAmount
Books and supplies$1,465
On campus: food and housing$19,159
On campus: other expenses$4,428
Off campus (not with family): food and housing$23,659
Off campus (not with family): other expenses$4,428
Off campus (with family): other expensesnot reported

Total cost of attendance

Total cost of attendance is a different measure from tuition and fees: it adds books, food and housing, and other expenses. This site computes it only when every component is reported; it is the sum of the figures above, not an official figure and not a bill.

Computed total cost of attendance, 2023-24
ScenarioTotalMade of
In-state, living on campus$26,260In-state tuition and fees + books and supplies + on-campus food and housing + on-campus other expenses.
Out-of-state, living on campus$35,044Out-of-state tuition and fees + books and supplies + on-campus food and housing + on-campus other expenses.
In-state, living off campus (not with family)$30,760In-state tuition and fees + books and supplies + off-campus food and housing + off-campus other expenses.
Out-of-state, living off campus (not with family)$39,544Out-of-state tuition and fees + books and supplies + off-campus food and housing + off-campus other expenses.

How it compares

Among 94 public 2-year schools in California with a reported in-state price, Orange Coast College is 36th from the lowest in-state tuition and fees. $1,208 is $80 below the median in-state tuition and fees of public 2-year schools in California ($1,288). $1,208 is $3,502 below the median for public 2-year schools across the U.S. (50 states and DC) ($4,710).

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