Golden West College

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees of Golden West College () is $1,196 for California residents and $11,084 for out-of-state students. Its tuition & fees is cheaper than the average tuition ($9,880) of public community colleges in California.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Golden West College. Then, we compare its costs to California community colleges and all U.S. community colleges.

In addition, the chart shows tuition trends over the last 5 years. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	California Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$1,196	$11,084
Books & Supplies	$1,465
Off-Campus Living Costs	$28,087
Average Financial Aid	$4,958
Cost of Attendance	$30,748	$40,636
After Financial Aid	$25,790	$35,678
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$40,100

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	California Residents	Out-of-State Students
Golden West College	$1,196	$11,084
Public Community Colleges in California	$1,615	$9,880
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Tuition Trends

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Golden West College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Offered Programs and Online Availability
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	11	58	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each major program along with offered degrees and online availability. The number in each column indicates the number of awarded degrees and/or certificates of the program. "Only in Classroom" means that the program is offered only on-site classes and "not offered" means that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Architectural Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	56 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communications Technologies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Computer Programming/Programmer	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	45 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	43 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Foreign Languages and Literatures	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Vietnamese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

English Language and Literature

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	1,664 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1,655 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	435 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	31 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	57 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	584 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	22 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	36 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	27 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	216 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Corrections	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	NOT OFFERED	94 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Forensic Science and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	141 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geography	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	41 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	101 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Dance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Graphic Design	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Game and Interactive Media Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	71 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	182 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Retail Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Small Business Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
History	NOT OFFERED	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 10,053 students at Golden West College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 4,385 male students and 5,804 female students are attending the school. The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	10,189	2,963	7,226
Male Students	4,385	1,365	3,020
Female Students	5,804	1,598	4,206

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Golden West College, there are 10,053 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 7,236 students were attending classes through distance learning (4,090 students are enrolled exclusively and 3,146 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	10,053
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	4,090
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	3,146
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	2,817

School Profile and Academic Overview

Golden West College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Huntington Beach, California. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $1,196 for California residents and $11,084 for other students on average. It offers 90 degree programs through 11 Certificate, 58 Associate's programs. The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $40,100.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA
Phone	714-892-7711
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$1,196 Out-of-State$11,084
Student Population »	10,053 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	41%
Transfer-out Rate	8%
Retention Rate	74% (Full-time) 36% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$4,958
Students to Faculty	26:1 (3.85%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$40,100

A Community College in Huntington Beach, California

2024 Tuition & Fees

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Student Population

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

School Profile and Academic Overview

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