Career Programs at Northwest Vista

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Northwest Vista College is $14,422 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.

Northwest Vista College offers the alternative tuition plans .

30% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,321 (exclude student loans).

Northwest Vista 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$14,422
Average Financial Amount	$3,321

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Northwest Vista College offers 19 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, 2,838 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Northwest Vista College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	2	4
Less than 1 Year Certificate	12	103
2 Years Certificate	5	25
Total	19	2,838

Programs by Award Level

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

4 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
103 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
25 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
2,706 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
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Clinical Research Coordinator	✕	3	-
	Total	4

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Graphic Communications	✕	0	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	39	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	7	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	35	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	10	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	✕	1	-
	Total	103

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	8	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	8	-
	Total	25

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	✕	0	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	0	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	39	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	2	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	6	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	30	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	173 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	173	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	2,384 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	62	-
General Studies	✕	2,322	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Psychology	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Social Work	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	1	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	9	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	3	-
Music	✕	0	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Clinical Research Coordinator	✕	2	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	10	-
Pre-Dentistry Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	5	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	6	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	14	-
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	0 completers	-
American History (United States)	✕	0	-
	Total	2,706

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 17,222 students are attending at Northwest Vista College. There are 190 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 358 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 29 to 1 (3.45%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 419 (full-time) and 487 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Northwest Vista College is 26% and transfer-out rate is 20%. The retention rate is 53% at the school.

Northwest Vista 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	17,222
Graduation Rate	26%
Number of Faculty	548
Student to Faculty Ratio	29 to 1

Student Population at Northwest Vista

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 16,604 students enrolled into Northwest Vista College. By gender, 6,676 male and 9,928 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Northwest Vista College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	16,604	6,676	9,928
Full-time	3,064	1,315	1,749
Part-tme	13,540	5,361	8,179

There are 3,217 White (19.37%), 1,066 Black/African American (6.42%), 10,829 Hispanic (65.22%), 601 Asian (3.62%), and 11,691 students with other races attending Northwest Vista College. 23 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Northwest Vista College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	16,604	6,676	9,928
American Indian/Native American	25	10	15
Asian	601	229	372
Black/African American	1,066	423	643
Hispanic	10,829	4,257	6,572
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	11	18
White	3,217	1,381	1,836
Two More	635	270	365
Un-Known	179	80	99
Non-resident Alien	23	15	8

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

8,136 students (49.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,267 students (13.65% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Northwest Vista College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Northwest Vista College
	Number of Students
Total	16,604
Enrolled Online Exclusively	8,136
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,267
Not in Online Courses	6,201

By age range, at Northwest Vista College, 4,979 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.99% of total students), 7,861 students are aged below 20 (47.34%), 167 students are aged above 50 (1.96%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Northwest Vista College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	16,604	6,676	9,928
Under 18	3,445	1,210	2,235
Age 18-19	4,416	1,911	2,505
Age 20-21	3,028	1,338	1,690
Age 22-24	1,951	826	1,125
Age 25-29	1,657	671	986
Age 30-34	911	323	588
Age 35-39	543	183	360
Age 40-49	486	157	329
Age 50-64	163	56	107
Over 64	4	1	3

Directory and Accreditation Information

Northwest Vista College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/2001 - Current).

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

3535 N. Ellison Drive, San Antonio, TX

210-486-4000

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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