MISSION STATEMENT

Santiago Canyon College is an innovative learning community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth. Our Purpose is to foster stduent success and help students achieve these core outcomes: to learn, act, communciate and think crtiically. We are committed to maintianing standards of excellence and providing an accessible, a transferable, and an engaging education to diverse community. 

VISION

Rancho Santiago Community College District is a learning community. The college district and its colleges are committed to ensuring access, equity, and to planning comprehensice educational opportunities throughout our communities. We will be global leaders in many fields, delivering cost-effective, innovative programs and services that are responsive to the diverse needs and interests of all students. We will be exceptionally sensitive and responsive to the ecomonic and educational needs of our students and communities. The environment will be collegial and suppotive for students, staff, and the communities we serve.  

We will promote and extensively participate in partnerships with other educational providers, business, industry, and community groups. We will enhance our communites' cultural, educational, and ecomonic well-being. 

We will be a leader in the state in student learning outcomes. Students who complete programs will be prepared for success in business, industry, careers, and all future educational endeavors. We will prepare students to embrace and engage the diversity of our global community and to assume leadership roles in their work and public lives.