Mission Viejo, CA (population: 95,388) has one agriculture school within its city limits. Saddleback College has a total student population of 23,260. It is the 4083rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 375th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Agriculture students from Mission Viejo schools who go on to become agriculturalists, farmers, agricultural engineers, agricultural scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Farmers and ranchers make on average $42,710 per year and there are about 520 of them employed in the US today.
Mission Viejo lies in Orange county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine Metropolitan area has 1,433,060 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,940 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saddleback College ends up costing a student $10,639/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Mission Viejo |
| Aliso Viejo | CA | 42,862 | 1 | 75.2668 | 4 | 5.4 miles |
| Laguna Niguel | CA | 65,471 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.2 miles |
| Laguna Beach | CA | - | 1 | 20.4608 | 2 | 9.0 miles |
| Tustin | CA | 74,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.4 miles |
| Newport Beach | CA | 80,777 | 1 | 0.80626 | 0 | 12.7 miles |
| Costa Mesa | CA | 113,091 | 7 | 22.8122 | 265 | 15.5 miles |
| Fountain Valley | CA | 56,133 | 3 | 26.6774 | 70 | 18.6 miles |
| Lake Elsinore | CA | 56,703 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.5 miles |
| Anaheim | CA | 342,336 | 9 | 24.4064 | 97 | 20.3 miles |
| Yorba Linda | CA | 67,194 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.6 miles |
| Garden Grove | CA | 167,800 | 4 | 26.4852 | 22 | 21.4 miles |
| Fullerton | CA | 133,165 | 6 | 21.8966 | 252 | 24.7 miles |
| Chino Hills | CA | 74,322 | 0 | - | 0 | 25.6 miles |
| Cypress | CA | 47,588 | 2 | 8.65396 | 110 | 26.7 miles |
| Riverside | CA | 302,653 | 8 | 32.5108 | 359 | 27.0 miles |
| Chino | CA | 84,585 | 0 | - | 0 | 27.8 miles |
| Diamond Bar | CA | 57,662 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.5 miles |
| Cerritos | CA | 51,327 | 3 | 18.7768 | 18 | 30.1 miles |
| Ontario | CA | 174,731 | 7 | 23.7233 | 124 | 30.5 miles |
| Temecula | CA | 104,516 | 3 | 32.0583 | 15 | 30.9 miles |
| Pomona | CA | 154,638 | 7 | 31.7114 | 195 | 31.8 miles |
| Long Beach | CA | 464,505 | 6 | 26.5161 | 271 | 31.9 miles |
| Hacienda Heights | CA | 52,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.6 miles |
| Claremont | CA | - | 9 | 42.2091 | 338 | 33.9 miles |
| West Covina | CA | 106,032 | 5 | 23.6693 | 37 | 33.9 miles |
| La Verne | CA | - | 1 | 61.7321 | 71 | 34.6 miles |
| Paramount | CA | 55,280 | 1 | 16.5087 | 2 | 35.5 miles |
| Rancho Cucamonga | CA | 176,424 | 3 | 21.593 | 139 | 35.6 miles |
| Fontana | CA | 191,526 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.6 miles |
| Covina | CA | 46,974 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.7 miles |