MiraCosta College

Oceanside, CA · Public · 10,278 undergrads · website ↗

45% Hispanic undergrads
No application fee
Open admission

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

9.9%

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring: 2.1%
Still enrolled after transferring: 9.6%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$6,535
$30,000 – $48,000	$5,560
$48,000 – $75,000	$9,222
$75,000 – $110,000	$11,172
Over $110,000	$12,855
All incomes (average)	$7,339

Sticker tuition and fees: $1,158 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use MiraCosta College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$34,336
Books and supplies	$1,089
Other expenses, off campus	$7,060

Outcomes

Completion rate: 41%
Students with Pell grants: 27%
Earnings @ 10yr: $43,845
Median debt: $9,000

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 18 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 23%

What students study

Business12%

Health & Nursing5%

Computer Science5%

Psychology4%

Social Sciences2%

Communications & Media2%

Kinesiology & Sports Science1%

Visual & Performing Arts1%

Best transfer rates elsewhere in CA

Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy20.7%San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego15.7%Shasta CollegeRedding15%Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica14.9%Moorpark CollegeMoorpark13.9%Solano Community CollegeFairfield9.4%

Contact and accreditation

Address: One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, CA 92056-3899
Phone: (760) 757-2121
Institutional accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Where would you transfer to?

Find four-year colleges ranked by what they'd cost your family and what graduates earn — then check which of your credits they accept before you commit.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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