Coastline College
Community colleges in Orange County, California
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Coastline College is a California public community college with mini-campuses in Westminster, Garden Grove, and Newport Beach, and an administration building in Fountain Valley, California. The college offers Associate in Arts degrees, Associate in Science degrees, courses to prepare students to transfer to a four-year college or university, and career and technical courses that can lead to career advancement and/or an occupational certificate. The college was founded in 1976 and is part of the Coast Community College District and the California Community Colleges.
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Former name | Coastline Community College |
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| Motto | College on your Terms. |
| Type | Public community college |
| Established | 1976 |
Parent institution | Coast Community College District, California Community Colleges |
| President | Vincent Rodriguez[1] |
| Students | 10,705 (spring 2018)[2] |
| Location | , U.S. 33°42′56″N 117°55′45″W |
| Mascot | Fin the Dolphin |
| Website | www |
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History
A member of the Coast Community College District and the California Community Colleges system, Coastline began as a distance-learning institution designed to serve the online education needs of district residents, while Orange Coast College and Golden West College focused primarily on on-campus instruction. Coastline also offered site-based classes in community facilities.
Campus locations
Coastline College's administration offices are located in an administration facility in Fountain Valley California.Coastline has three primary learning centers in Newport Beach, Garden Grove, and Westminster.
The Westminster location is formally known as the Le-Jao Center, named in recognition of families whose contributions helped grow the Coastline Foundation’s endowment.
In 2012, Coastline College opened a new campus in Newport Beach. This facility hosts general education courses and specialized programs. The site is also home to the John Stauffer Human Anatomy Suite, which opened in October 2023. The campus has a Veterans Resource Center and the Coastline Art Gallery.
Academics
Students can take courses to fulfill their general education transfer requirements, or explore vocational programs like biotechnology and informatics. Coastline also offers an English as a Second Language (ESL) program and an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) program.
Student Life
| Race and ethnicity | Total | |
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| Hispanic | 29% | |
| White | 26% | |
| Asian | 22% | |
| African American | 8% | |
| Unknown | 8% | |
| Multiracial | 4% | |
| Filipino | 2% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1% | |