About Santiago Canyon College Santiago Canyon College is a dynamic award-winning Southern California Community College within the Rancho Santiago Community College District. From our founding, Santiago Canyon College’s inclusive community continues to redefine the truly student-focused experience. Diverse programs and certification paths, proven transfer successes, and accessible state-of-the-art facilities are just the beginning for us. Attending SCC empowers the individual student to seek the opportunities they deserve and desire, right here, right now.

We start each day by asking a simple question - what can today bring? Proven transfer paths, clear steps toward Associate of Science and Associate of Arts degrees as well as Associate Degrees for Transfer, a wide variety of career technical education certificate programs, engaging adult learning, rich community service opportunities, business skills to stand out – it all happens here every day.

It’s our belief that what you seek later in life is just as important as what you choose to do today. That’s why SCC celebrates what happens here – every course, every lecture, every test, every conversation, every achievement - every day an opportunity we never pass up.

Similar to a number of California Community Colleges, Santiago Canyon College also grew out of humble beginnings. Santiago Canyon College’s journey began in 1971 after the Orange Unified School District joined with the Santa Ana Unified School District to create the Rancho Santiago Community College District. Later in that year, supporting their vision for higher education in their community, residents of the City of Orange voted to levy a self-imposed tax to purchase the original ​​30 acres of land in East Orange that would ultimately become the foundation for Santiago Canyon College.