Career Education

 

Santa Ana College Continuing Education

Real Skills. Real Careers.

Free career training that opens doors. Earn a state-approved certificate or take individual classes to build the skills employers want. We have options for you. Get started today!

Entry-Level Job Training 🛠️

Get the skills employers want for high-demand fields like healthcare, business, and technology.

Career Advancement 🏆

Earn certificates in Digital Literacy, Customer Service, and more to stand out and level up at work.

Personal Development 🌱

Take classes in areas you want to explore, from mastering Adobe Photoshop to learning digital literacy. We can help!

Interested in more classes?

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Credit vs. Noncredit: What's the Difference?

 

NONCREDIT

  • Cost: Free, no tuition
  • Enrollment: Open enrollment, no prerequisites
  • Pacing: Faster programs (many finish in 4 months)
  • Goal: Job-ready skills & certificates
  • Grading: Pass / No Pass

CREDIT

  • Cost: Standard enrollment fees apply
  • Enrollment: May require placement tests/prerequisites
  • Pacing: Traditional semester schedule (16 weeks)
  • Goal: Earn college units toward associate degrees/transfers
  • Grading: Letter grades (A–F)

Transition to Credit: Your noncredit certificate gives you a head start. Through articulation agreements, courses completed in Continuing Education may count toward credit certificates or degrees at Santa Ana College.

Dual Enrollment: You can take both noncredit and credit classes at the same time. Build job skills with us while earning your degree at SAC.

For more information, check out the links below.

Career Education FAQs

 

Santa Ana College Continuing Education's Career Education program offers free, flexible noncredit workforce training and certificates with no prerequisites or enrollment fees. Students gain hands-on skills through online or in-person classes, with options to transition directly into credit programs.

Everyone! Whether you're starting your first job, changing careers, or leveling up at work, we have certificates for all backgrounds and experience levels.

We make learning easy with hands-on skills training. Depending on the program, you can take classes in-person or online. Whatever works for your schedule.

Mission Statement

The SAC SCE Career Education Department is committed to developing students to be today's and tomorrow's workforce leaders by honoring and strengthening the knowledge and skills they already possess, while they concurrently learn new ones, so they can succeed in their careers and in life.