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Fullerton College

Fullerton, CA5,710 online only

Fullerton College is a public community college in Fullerton, CA, with about 12,859 students on campus and 5,710 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
12,859
plus 5,710 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,134
tuition and fees $1,150; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
34%
lower than at 86% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$43,366
higher than at 57% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Fullerton College, in brief

Most undergraduates are Hispanic

61% of Fullerton College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓

Most students study part-time

58% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

17,121 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 15%Hispanic 61%Black 3%Asian 13%Two or more 6%International 1%

Women and men

Women 52%Men 48%
25 : 1
students per teacher
27%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
27%
undergrads 25 or older
58%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Fullerton College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Fullerton College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $14,369 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $12,379

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,150Books & supplies $2,267Other costs $10,952

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,134.

Tuition and fees are $1,150 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$7,915

About $15,830 over 2 years · 45% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
34%
within 3 years · Pell students 32%
Come back for year two
72%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$43,366
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$4,500
about $48 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

1.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$48 a month against about $2,878 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

36%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 32% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$42k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$55k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 29%Interdisciplinary 22%Business 8%Visual & performing arts 5%Social sciences 4%Psychology 3%Everything else 28%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other1,184 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations359 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General166 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology135 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections109 graduates a year
—not reported
Special Education and Teaching99 graduates a year
—not reported
Communication and Media Studies69 graduates a year
—not reported
Visual and Performing Arts, General63 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Fullerton

10% of Fullerton’s 138,675 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Fullerton pages.

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Nearby

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Straight-line distances from Fullerton College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.