{{Short description|Community colleges in Orange County, California}} {{Third-party|date=December 2025}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Coastline College | native_name = | image = Coastline_College.svg | image_alt = | latin_name = | motto = College on your Terms. | mottoeng = | established = {{start date and age|1976}} | closed = | type = Public community college | parent = Coast Community College District, California Community Colleges | affiliation = | endowment = | president = Vincent Rodriguez<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Dawn |title=Dr. Vincent Rodriguez is Named as the Next President of Coastline College |url=http://newsroom.coastline.edu/dr.-vincent-rodriguez-is-named-as-the-next-president-of-coastline-college |access-date=23 July 2021 |work=Coastline College |date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | faculty = | staff = | students = 10,705 (spring 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx|title=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart|first=State of|last=California|website=datamart.cccco.edu}}</ref> | undergrad = | other = | city = Fountain Valley, California | country = U.S. | coordinates = {{Coord|33.715607|-117.929209|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | campus = | former_names = Coastline Community College | free_label = | free = | colors = | colours = | sports_nickname = | mascot = Fin the Dolphin | affiliations = | website = {{URL|www.coastline.edu}} | logo = | footnotes = }}
'''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.
==History== {{unreferenced section|date=December 2025}} 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== {{unreferenced section|date=December 2025}} 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. thumb|left|Student Services Center in Fountain Valley
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== {| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:90%" |Student demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title= Annual/Term Student Count Report|url=https://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Student_Headcount_Term_Annual.aspx|publisher=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office|access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref> |- ! Race and ethnicity ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- | Hispanic |align=right| {{bartable|29|%|2||background:green}} |- | White |align=right| {{bartable|26|%|2||background:cyan}} |- | Asian |align=right| {{bartable|22|%|2||background:orange}} |- | African American |align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:purple}} |- | Unknown |align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:grey}} |- | Multiracial |align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:violet}} |- | Filipino |align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:blue}} |- | American Indian/Alaska Native |align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://coastline.edu}}
{{Colleges and universities in Orange County|state=show}} {{California Community College System}} {{Newport Beach, California}} {{Authority control}}
Category:California Community Colleges Category:Universities and colleges in Orange County, California Category:Distance education institutions based in the United States Category:Two-year colleges in the United States Category:Fountain Valley, California Category:Education in Garden Grove, California Category:Newport Beach, California Category:Westminster, California Category:Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Category:Universities and colleges established in 1976 Category:1976 establishments in California