Career Programs at Palo Alto

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Palo Alto 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.

Palo Alto 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 $3,955 (exclude student loans).

Palo Alto 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$14,422
Average Financial Amount	$3,955

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Palo Alto College offers 29 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, 1,745 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Palo Alto College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	1	4
Less than 1 Year Certificate	16	251
2 Years Certificate	12	52
Total	29	1,745

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.
251 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
52 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,438 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 [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	3	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	16	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	✕	0	-
Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	36	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	13	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	0	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	✕	0	-
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	181 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	53	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	83	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	13	-
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	✕	32	-
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	✕	0	-
	Total	251

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	✕	0	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	✕	11	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	1	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	18	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	0	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	22	$24,800
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	52

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	1	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	5	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	✕	0	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	✕	0	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental 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	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	23	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	25	-
Education [+]	✕	98 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	7	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	91	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	0	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	1	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,194 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	33	-
General Studies	✕	1,159	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	2	-
Library Science [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Library and Archives Assisting	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Psychology	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Social Work	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	0	-
Economics	✕	0	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	✕	0	-
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	✕	0	-
Air Traffic Controller	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	0	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	1	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✕	0	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	✕	27	-
Pre-Dentistry Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	28	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	17	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	3	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	0 completers	-
History	✕	0	-
	Total	1,438

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 10,641 students are attending at Palo Alto College. There are 139 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 126 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 344 (full-time) and 223 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Palo Alto College is 25% and transfer-out rate is 11%. The retention rate is 36% at the school.

Palo Alto 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	10,641
Graduation Rate	25%
Number of Faculty	265
Student to Faculty Ratio	28 to 1

Student Population at Palo Alto

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 10,559 students enrolled into Palo Alto College. By gender, 4,026 male and 6,533 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Palo Alto College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,559	4,026	6,533
Full-time	1,837	655	1,182
Part-tme	8,722	3,371	5,351

There are 1,472 White (13.94%), 528 Black/African American (5.00%), 8,127 Hispanic (76.97%), 120 Asian (1.14%), and 8,429 students with other races attending Palo Alto College. 4 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Palo Alto College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,559	4,026	6,533
American Indian/Native American	19	11	8
Asian	120	43	77
Black/African American	528	225	303
Hispanic	8,127	3,032	5,095
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	3	7
White	1,472	590	882
Two More	226	91	135
Un-Known	53	29	24
Non-resident Alien	4	2	2

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

5,802 students (54.95% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,619 students (15.33% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Palo Alto College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Palo Alto College
	Number of Students
Total	10,559
Enrolled Online Exclusively	5,802
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,619
Not in Online Courses	3,138

By age range, at Palo Alto College, 2,735 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.90% of total students), 5,278 students are aged below 20 (49.99%), 160 students are aged above 50 (2.92%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Palo Alto College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,559	4,026	6,533
Under 18	2,641	1,067	1,574
Age 18-19	2,637	1,039	1,598
Age 20-21	1,656	645	1,011
Age 22-24	1,079	413	666
Age 25-29	1,028	367	661
Age 30-34	604	209	395
Age 35-39	376	115	261
Age 40-49	378	123	255
Age 50-64	154	46	108
Over 64	6	2	4

Directory and Accreditation Information

Palo Alto College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1987 - Current).

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

1400 W Villaret Blvd, San Antonio, TX

210-486-3000

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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