Welcome MiraCosta College Students

Welcome to MiraCosta College!

MiraCosta College is a great place to begin a higher education adventure! The college offers associate degrees, preparation for university transfer, career and workforce training, basic skills, a high school diploma program, and a wide variety of community services educational opportunities.

MiraCosta College is particularly proud of our outstanding faculty. Both full-time and associate faculty members are academic discipline experts, and they are dedicated to providing individual attention to their students. This dedication is evident in the successes of MiraCosta’s transfer students, who move on to four-year institutions and are often more academically successful than students who begin their college careers at those institutions. Meanwhile, MiraCosta’s Honors Scholars Program helps students prepare for transfer to prestigious universities and for success once they are there.

Many students begin their search for job skills, new careers, and workforce training through MiraCosta’s Career and Technical Education and community education programs. MiraCosta has strong partnerships with local business and industry, and our students benefit from participation in work experience and internship opportunities.

The college also provides a wide array of support services to help students to be successful. Students benefit from counseling, financial aid, health services, disabled student services, tutoring, veterans services, testing services, a service learning program, student government and student organizations, an international student program, an intramural and intercollegiate athletic program, an Extended Opportunities Programs and Services department, a career center, admissions services, an outreach and recruitment program, an inviting library, and a child development center. MiraCosta College also has an excellent police department, and students have indicated that they feel safe at all of our sites.

MiraCosta College serves its community by helping students reach their academic and career goals. The college provides an aesthetically pleasing and student-centered environment. The faculty, staff, and administration welcome a diverse and talented student body every year. Readers of this catalog are encouraged to be among them.

I hope you find success at MiraCosta College this year, and that you to take advantage of the wonderful services available to you.

Richard Robertson, Ph.D.

Interim Superintendent/President