Search 40+ STEM Summer Camps in the Orange County Area

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About STEM summer camps in the Orange County area

Prices

  • A typical week of STEM day camp in the Orange County area costs about $520, with half of paid options priced between $350 and $599. Median tuition for regular camp hours is $19.97 an hour.
  • A week of STEM sleepaway camp within 50 miles typically costs about $2,439.

Aid and policies

  • 39% of STEM camps offer financial aid, 41% offer refunds, and 39% are nonprofits.

Hours and extended care

  • 34% of STEM day camp options cover 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. including extended care, and 3 providers offer that coverage Monday through Friday. The typical fee for paid extended care is about $110 a week.

More options

  • STEM day camps continue into late summer, with day camps starting August 17 to 31 from 5 providers. For families exploring STEM sleepaway camp close to the Orange County area, there are 8 providers with venues within 50 miles.
Data is from summer 2026

Based on summer 2026 camp listings.

Area covered

  • U.S. venues within 15 miles of the Orange County landing-page center for day camps, and within 50 miles for sleepaway camps.
  • All figures use sessions classified as STEM. Providers offering other categories are counted only for their matching sessions.

Prices and care

  • Typical prices are medians (the middle price) of paid camp options. Day-camp weekly tuition is adjusted to five camp days.
  • Sleepaway weekly tuition is adjusted to seven calendar days using the listed session dates.
  • Hourly tuition covers regular camp hours only, excluding extended-care hours and fees.
  • The 8-to-5 weekly price includes required, listed care fees.
  • Separate care prices are medians of listed paid weekly fees. Free care and missing fees are excluded, and packages vary.

How we count

  • Price and hour percentages count options with known prices or hours.
  • Aid, refund and nonprofit percentages count each day or sleepaway camp provider once across both areas, using October 2026 provider records.
  • Policy percentages use all those providers as the denominator, count only explicit positive records, and are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  • Prices and hour percentages need at least 20 usable options from five providers. Sparse figures are omitted rather than filled in from a larger area.

Check with each camp for current prices, care packages and refund terms.