In the past year, students and graduates from The Art Institute of California — Orange County have found employment with the following companies:
- A List Media
- Aramark
- Atari
- Aubergine
- Balboa Bay Club
- Black Ops Entertainment
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Boomvision
- Boost Mobile
- Burns Graphix
- Cheesecake Factory
- Claim Jumper
- Corner Bakery
- Crisp Digital Branding
- Electronic Arts
- Film Roman
- Five Crowns
- Foote, Cone & Belding
- Four Seasons Hotel
- GameSpy
- Golf Publishing International
- Hilton Hotel
- Hyatt Regency
- iMediaPro
- J & R Motorsports
- King Tec Communications
- La Palma Hospital
- Liquid Entertainment
- Maggiano's
- Majesko Games
- Marriott
- Pix Video Film & Multimedia Inc.
- Platt College
- Ritz Carlton
- Shiny Entertainment
- Sonic Cow Creative Group
- The Skiver Group
- THQ
- Troika Games
- Troquet
- Tustin Ranch Golf Club
- UC Irvine
- Unrivaled Entertainment
- Up Above Records
- Young and Rubicam Advertising
- Vie de France
- Vision Design Studio