马鞍学院（Saddleback College）位于加利福尼亚州首府米慎维埃市（Mission Viejo），是一所公立社区学院，成立于1928年，拥有在校学生2万1千多人。马鞍学院也是加州社区学院系统112所学校之一，校园占地0.81平方公里。*(1)
马鞍学院只提供2年制的副学士学位和一些其它的文凭课程，开设的专业领域较为广泛，较受欢迎的专业包括：文理科学，通识教育与人文科学，卫生科学及其相关服务，商科、管理、市场营销及其相关专业等。*(2)
申请点评
- Overall Experience: the professors are really great and know their field really well, they also have a great program, which makes the students learn something in the class. The class size are also perfect, thus students could engaging in such a discussion section.
- Overall Experience: My overall time at Saddlback has been great, I cant wait to Finnish up and continue on with my B.A, hopefully.
- Overall Experience: They have the career center, many workshops, and job internship prospects. These are really great in helping their students.
- Campus Resources: they just built a new library, which is really nice. it's really encourage many students to stay there and study for hours and hours *(3)
好评项：
1.The campus is large and relatively diverse for a community college.
2.Easy to transfer to other schools
3.Great sunny California weather
4.Most buildings and facilities are updated.
5.A huge variety of courses
6.All types of sports
7.Up-to-date library
8.Skateboarding is allowed on campus.
9.Teachers care, and the education is great.
差评项：
1.The campus is not that attractive compared to many other colleges.
2.The best classes can fill up fast.
3.There is not a lot of school pride.
4.Parking can be a pain.
5.The cafeteria and coffee stands are not that good.
6.It's not as social as a four-year college.*(3)
参考资料：
(1) Saddleback College Wikipedia
(2) Saddleback College USNEWS
(3) Saddleback College College Prowler
本科申请
基本信息
| 学校排名 | 412 | 学费(/年) | $8,108 | 申请截止日期 | 7月15日 |
| TOEFL要求 | - | 食宿(/年) | $11,556 | 开学时间 | 8月-9月 |
| SAT要求 | 不需要 | 申请费 | $50 | 可申请入学学期 | 秋季、春季 |
| GPA要求 | 无 | 录取率 | - | 是否提供双录取 | Yes |
*(1)
注：
（1）马鞍学院开设有语言课程，未有托福成绩的学生，可以申请入读该校的语言课程
教学质量
| 学生人数 | 21,728 | 全日制学生比例 | 30.0% | Semester | |
| 国际学生比例 | 1% | 全日制新生比例 | 26% | 是否拥有图书馆 | Yes |
| 师生比 | 1:29 | 18-24岁学生占比 | 61% | 教授水平满意度 | 88% |
| 三年毕业率 | 35% | 25-64岁学生占比 | 35% | 性价比认可度 | 93% |
| 新生保持率 | 76% | 女生比例 | 54% | 个人提升满意度 | 86% |
| 转学成功率 | 15% | 有无校园住宿 | No | 学术体验指数 | B- |
*(2)(3)
注：
（1）性价比认可度：是来源于College Prowler的一个数据。如该校的性价比认可度为85%，则意味着该校有85%的学生，认为自己在该校得到的教育值这个学费
（2）个人提升满意度：同样来源于College Prowler。如该校的个人提升满意度是83%，则意味着该校有83%的学生，认为自己在这所学校获得相当的提升
（3）学术体验指数：是College Prowler上的一个评价指标，从A+到C-共9等，等级越高，学术体验越好，C-表示体验最差。因该项指标是将美国所有大学——包括哈佛、耶鲁等著名学校——放在一起比较的，所以绝大多数社区学院该项指标的评分都不会高
（4）三年毕业率：社区学院的学制是两年，正常是两年毕业，但不少学生会因实习、打工等原因选择花三年或更多的时间毕业
（5）转学成功率：是该校转学去其它学校——一般都会是四年制大学——的比例
联系方式
28000 Marguerite Pky
Mission Viejo, CA 92692-3635
Phone: (949) 582-4500 *(2)
参考资料：
(1) Saddleback College College Board
(2) Saddleback College USNEWS
(3) Saddleback College College Prowler