Career Programs at Irvine Valley

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Irvine Valley College is $10,996 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.

43% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,357 (exclude student loans).

Irvine Valley 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$10,996
Average Financial Amount	$5,357

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Irvine Valley College offers 40 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, 4,483 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Irvine Valley College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	1	10
Less than 1 Year Certificate	31	424
2 Years Certificate	8	1,384
Total	40	4,483

Programs by Award Level

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

10 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
424 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
1,384 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
2,665 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
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	10	-
	Total	10

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	6	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	48	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	4	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	7	-
Engineering [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	14	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	49	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	$22,900
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	18	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	3	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Electrician	✕	21	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Dance (other)	✕	4	-
Graphic Design	✕	9	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	197 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	2	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	140	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	8	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✕	32	-
Taxation	✕	11	-
	Total	424

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	3	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,381 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1,381	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Retail Management	✕	0	-
	Total	1,384

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Environmental Studies	✕	0	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Area Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	58	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	2	-
Computer Science	✕	48	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Japanese Language and Literature	✕	7	-
French Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Arabic Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Adult Development and Aging	✕	0	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	12	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	0	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,160 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1,117	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	43	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	11	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	154 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	154	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	226 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	159	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	67	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	16	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	145 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Astronomy	✕	0	-
Chemistry	✕	64	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	81	-
Psychology [+]	✕	140 completers	-
Psychology	✕	140	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	71	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	0	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	25	-
Geography	✕	1	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	22	-
Sociology	✕	30	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	4	-
Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Marine Transportation (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	51 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	2	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	0	-
Interior Design	✕	0	-
Graphic Design	✕	11	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	1	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	2	-
Photography	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	29	-
Music	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	364 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	298	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	64	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	25 completers	-
History	✕	25	-
	Total	2,665

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 10,464 students are attending at Irvine Valley College. There are 153 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 378 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 28 to 1 (3.57%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 368 (full-time) and 401 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Irvine Valley College is 55% and transfer-out rate is 8%. The retention rate is 80% at the school.

Irvine Valley 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	10,464
Graduation Rate	55%
Number of Faculty	531
Student to Faculty Ratio	28 to 1

Student Population at Irvine Valley

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 11,045 students enrolled into Irvine Valley College. By gender, 5,621 male and 5,424 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Irvine Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,045	5,621	5,424
Full-time	3,813	2,102	1,711
Part-tme	7,232	3,519	3,713

There are 3,286 White (29.75%), 223 Black/African American (2.02%), 2,764 Hispanic (25.02%), 3,337 Asian (30.21%), and 4,171 students with other races attending Irvine Valley College. 452 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Irvine Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,045	5,621	5,424
American Indian/Native American	23	7	16
Asian	3,337	1,729	1,608
Black/African American	223	115	108
Hispanic	2,764	1,280	1,484
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	12	16
White	3,286	1,712	1,574
Two More	621	338	283
Un-Known	311	164	147
Non-resident Alien	452	264	188

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

3,715 students (33.64% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 4,910 students (44.45% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Irvine Valley College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Irvine Valley College
	Number of Students
Total	11,045
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,715
Enrolled Some Online Courses	4,910
Not in Online Courses	2,420

By age range, at Irvine Valley College, 3,549 students are aged 20 to 24 (32.13% of total students), 4,898 students are aged below 20 (44.35%), 318 students are aged above 50 (4.94%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Irvine Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,045	5,621	5,424
Under 18	1,528	728	800
Age 18-19	3,370	1,841	1,529
Age 20-21	2,119	1,196	923
Age 22-24	1,430	813	617
Age 25-29	976	463	513
Age 30-34	496	241	255
Age 35-39	303	98	205
Age 40-49	505	142	363
Age 50-64	273	77	196
Over 64	45	22	23

Directory and Accreditation Information

Irvine Valley College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1988 - Current).

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

5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA

949-451-5100

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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