Career Programs at IVC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Imperial Valley College is $6,646 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.

84% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,493 (exclude student loans).

IVC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$6,646
Average Financial Amount	$5,493

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Imperial Valley College offers 47 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, 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, 2,917 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Imperial Valley College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	7	74
Less than 1 Year Certificate	18	146
2 Years Certificate	22	739
Total	47	2,917

Programs by Award Level

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

74 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
146 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
739 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,958 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	3	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	6	$24,500
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	36	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	26 completers	$9,700
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	24	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
	Total	74

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	9	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	11	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Corrections	✕	16	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	23	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	20	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Electrician	✕	6	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	6	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	4	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	19	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	1	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	9	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	3	-
	Total	146

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	683 completers	$12,300
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	683	$12,300
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	6 completers	$17,000
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	8	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	0	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	17	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	2	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	739

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✕	2	-
Crop Production	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	6	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	12	-
Information Technology	✕	10	-
Computer Science	✕	8	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	19	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	7	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	25 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	19	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	1	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	28	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	13 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	13	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	359 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	223	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	136	-
Library Science [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Library and Archives Assisting	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	32	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	36	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	531 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	388	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	143	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	19	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	12	-
Physics	✕	19	-
Psychology [+]	✕	173 completers	-
Psychology	✕	173	-
Psychology (other)	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	229 completers	-
Corrections	✕	26	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	195	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	3	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	164 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	82	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	7	-
Geography	✕	2	-
Political Science and Government	✕	12	-
Sociology	✕	59	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrician	✕	2	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	2	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	3	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	3	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	18	-
Music	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	0	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	3	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	42	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	15	-
Business [+]	✕	110 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	89	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	3	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	14	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	4	-
Banking and Financial Support Services	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	30 completers	-
History	✕	30	-
	Total	1,958

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 7,747 students are attending at Imperial Valley College. There are 149 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 125 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 31 to 1 (3.23%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 342 (full-time) and 125 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Imperial Valley College is 36% and transfer-out rate is 5%. The retention rate is 77% at the school.

IVC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	7,747
Graduation Rate	36%
Number of Faculty	274
Student to Faculty Ratio	31 to 1

Student Population at IVC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,225 students enrolled into Imperial Valley College. By gender, 3,007 male and 4,218 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Imperial Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,225	3,007	4,218
Full-time	3,307	1,290	2,017
Part-tme	3,918	1,717	2,201

There are 311 White (4.30%), 84 Black/African American (1.16%), 6,565 Hispanic (90.87%), 43 Asian (0.60%), and 6,783 students with other races attending Imperial Valley College. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Imperial Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,225	3,007	4,218
American Indian/Native American	7	4	3
Asian	43	18	25
Black/African American	84	50	34
Hispanic	6,565	2,671	3,894
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	311	154	157
Two More	50	21	29
Un-Known	160	86	74
Non-resident Alien	1	0	1

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

3,780 students (52.32% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,689 students (37.22% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Imperial Valley College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Imperial Valley College
	Number of Students
Total	7,225
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,780
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,689
Not in Online Courses	756

By age range, at Imperial Valley College, 2,310 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.97% of total students), 2,716 students are aged below 20 (37.59%), 197 students are aged above 50 (4.60%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Imperial Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,225	3,007	4,218
Under 18	481	169	312
Age 18-19	2,235	940	1,295
Age 20-21	1,430	658	772
Age 22-24	880	378	502
Age 25-29	736	276	460
Age 30-34	497	183	314
Age 35-39	329	135	194
Age 40-49	440	184	256
Age 50-64	166	65	101
Over 64	31	19	12

Directory and Accreditation Information

Imperial Valley 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 Imperial Valley College.

380 E. Aten Road, Imperial, CA

760-352-8320

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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