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The real 2-year cost of Saddleback College in California

Over the 15 years from 2008 to 2023, published tuition and required fees at Saddleback College went from $594 to $1,432, an average of 2.5% a year.

Read with care: this school's history shows a tuition freeze or guarantee, so a smooth projection may not hold.

20082025: history and projection

Published tuition + feesProjected (estimate)Likely rangeAxis trimmed to the data range
Published and projected tuition and fees by year
YearPublishedProjected estimateEstimate range
2008$594
2009$658
2010$762
2011$762
2012$762
2013$762
2014$1,142
2015$1,326
2016$1,326
2017$1,328
2018$1,328
2019$1,330
2020$1,330
2021$1,332
2022$1,334
2023$1,432$1,432
2024$1,468$1,284–$1,653
2025$1,506$1,151–$1,908

If you pay full sticker

Projected tuition + fees, entering fall 2026.

Year 1$1,544
Year 2$1,583
2-year total$3,128

Two aid scenarios

2-year out-of-pocket total.

$10,000/yr flat scholarship
$0
Flat aid doesn't grow, so it covers less each year.
50%-of-tuition scholarship
$1,621
Percentage aid keeps pace with tuition.

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Published figures for Saddleback College from federal IPEDS data through 2023, free to download or embed with attribution. The embed stays current as the data updates.

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