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MiraCosta College

MiraCosta College
One Barnard Drive
Oceanside, CA 92056

Official telephone: (760) 757-2121
Website: https://www.miracosta.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 91%
Student:Faculty ratio: 18:1
Total faculty: 299 men, 446 women
Full-time faculty: 74 men, 94 women
Part-time faculty: 225 men, 352 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Adult Development and Aging
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Architectural Technology/Technician
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Astronomy
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technology/Technician
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Child Development
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Support Specialist
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Dance, General
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Environmental Science
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Language Teacher Education
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health Teacher Education
  • Health/Medical Claims Examiner
  • Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other
  • History, General
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Information Technology
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Music, General
  • Network and System Administration/Administrator
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Nursery Operations and Management
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Radio and Television
  • Real Estate
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Retail Management
  • Retailing and Retail Operations
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Small Business Administration/Management
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General
  • Surgical Technology/Technologist
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster
  • Women's Studies
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Biology/Biotechnology Technology/Technician
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, General
Certificates

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Architectural Technology/Technician
  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technology/Technician
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Child Development
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Graphics
  • Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Environmental Science
  • Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Information Technology
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Network and System Administration/Administrator
  • Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Retail Management
  • Retailing and Retail Operations
  • Small Business Administration/Management
  • Surgical Technology/Technologist
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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