Career Programs at Gavilan

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Gavilan College is $12,246 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

45% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,059 (exclude student loans).

Gavilan 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$12,246
Average Financial Amount	$4,059

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Gavilan College offers 24 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,229 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Gavilan College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	20	561
2 Years Certificate	4	74
Total	24	1,229

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

561 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
74 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
594 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	23	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	2	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	9	$24,500
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	335 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	335	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	4	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	141 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	8	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	133	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Music	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	2	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	21	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	5	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	561

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	19	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	6	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	30	-
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician	✕	19	-
	Total	74

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	9	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	29	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	0	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	14	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	2	-
Computer Science	✕	5	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	19	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	78	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	27	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	18	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Psychology	✕	45	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	44	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	1	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	1	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	1	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	7	-
Music	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	2	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	22	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	5	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	54	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	4	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	594

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,561 students are attending at Gavilan College. There are 75 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 171 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 21 to 1 (4.76%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 194 (full-time) and 204 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Gavilan College is 32% and transfer-out rate is 7%. The retention rate is 78% at the school.

Gavilan 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,561
Graduation Rate	32%
Number of Faculty	246
Student to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1

Student Population at Gavilan

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,538 students enrolled into Gavilan College. By gender, 2,062 male and 2,476 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Gavilan College.

Student Population By Gender
Gavilan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,538	2,062	2,476
Full-time	1,460	670	790
Part-tme	3,078	1,392	1,686

There are 1,072 White (23.62%), 98 Black/African American (2.16%), 2,767 Hispanic (60.97%), 310 Asian (6.83%), and 3,042 students with other races attending Gavilan College. 2 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Gavilan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,538	2,062	2,476
American Indian/Native American	10	2	8
Asian	310	166	144
Black/African American	98	64	34
Hispanic	2,767	1,116	1,651
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	9	7
White	1,072	567	505
Two More	171	99	72
Un-Known	92	38	54
Non-resident Alien	2	1	1

Gavilan College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,004 students (44.16% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,335 students (29.42% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Gavilan College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Gavilan College
	Number of Students
Total	4,538
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,004
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,335
Not in Online Courses	1,199

By age range, at Gavilan College, 1,251 students are aged 20 to 24 (27.57% of total students), 1,489 students are aged below 20 (32.81%), 205 students are aged above 50 (5.99%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Gavilan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,538	2,062	2,476
Under 18	436	158	278
Age 18-19	1,053	476	577
Age 20-21	717	327	390
Age 22-24	534	225	309
Age 25-29	531	258	273
Age 30-34	429	210	219
Age 35-39	274	142	132
Age 40-49	359	191	168
Age 50-64	136	59	77
Over 64	69	16	53

Directory and Accreditation Information

Gavilan College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1952 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Gavilan College.

5055 Santa Teresa Blvd, Gilroy, CA

408-848-4800

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