Santiago Canyon College

Santiago Canyon College (SCC)

Other name	SCC
Motto	What Happens Here Matters
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1985
Parent institution	Rancho Santiago Community College District,California Community Colleges
Chancellor	Marvin Martinez
President	Jeannie G. Kim[1]
Students	15,228 (Fall 2022)
Location	Orange , California , United States
Campus	Suburban, 82 acres
Colors	Blue and Gold
Nickname	Hawks
Website	www.sccollege.edu

Santiago Canyon Collegeis apubliccommunity collegeinOrange, California. Along withSanta Ana College, Santiago Canyon College is one of two campuses in theRancho Santiago Community College District(RSCCD).

In 1980,The Irvine Companysold 30 acres of land to RSCCD.^[2]In 1985, RSCCD opened the school, which was simply called the Orange Campus at that time.^[3]Enrollment was approximately 2,500 students during the first semester of operation.^[4][5]In July 1997, the school separated fromSanta Ana Collegeand changed its name to Santiago Canyon College.^[6]

In January 2000, the college was independentlyaccreditedby theAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.^[7][8]Later that year, The Irvine Company donated an additional 12 acres to the school. The school's footprint expanded again in April 2003 when RSCCD used funds from Measure E (passed in November 2002) to buy nearly 19 additional acres.^[9]

In September 2004, a Student Services and Instruction building was completed.^[10]In late 2006, the Library building opened.^[11]In January 2009, thesoftballcomplex opened.^[12]The Science Center opened for the Fall 2010 semester. In January 2013, the Athletics and Aquatics Complex opened.^[13]Later in 2013, the Humanities building opened for the fall 2013 semester.

The library building earned a merit award from the American Institute of Architects' Committee on Architecture for Education. The library, which opened in 2006, is 40,000 square feet (3,700 m²) and holds 100,000 books. It was designed by LPA Architecture.^[14]

The school offers 65associate degreeprograms.^[15]

The Hawks compete in theOrange Empire Conference^[16]and have a total of 8 sports. Sports in the Fall include Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Soccer and Women's Volleyball. Winter sports include Men's basketball. Spring sports include Softball and Men's Volleyball. In December 2009, the Hawks won the state title in women'ssoccerand were namedDivision IIInational champions by theNational Soccer Coaches Association of America.^[17][18]In December 2018, the Hawks won their third State Title after having a perfect 24–0 season.

Cross Country is SCC's longest tenured sport having started in 2002. Over the years, this program has boasted a number of All-American, All-State, and All OEC selections.

In spring 2016, the Hawks won theCalifornia Community College Athletic Associationstate championship in women'ssoftball.^[19]

The Hawks won back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019.^[20]

The men's soccer team had its inaugural season in 2004.

In spring 2017, Santiago debuted a men'svolleyballteam.^[21]

Ethnic composition of student body ^[22]

	Undergraduate	U.S. Census[23]
Caucasian	24.4%	73.9%
Black	2.5%	12.1%
Asian	9.7%	4.3%
Hispanic	56.4%	14.5%
Other/Unreported	6.7%	6.2%
Native American	0.3%	0.9%

In 2014, Santiago Canyon College had a total undergraduate population of 13,613. 36% of the student population was part-time. 51% of the student body was male and 49% was female.

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