Career Programs at West Valley

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at West Valley College is $9,320 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.

West Valley College offers the alternative tuition plans .

33% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,511 (exclude student loans).

West Valley 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,320
Average Financial Amount	$3,511

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

West Valley College offers 62 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,732 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at West Valley College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	24	145
2 Years Certificate	28	102
4 Years Certificate	10	3
Total	62	1,732

Programs by Award Level

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

145 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
102 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
3 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
1,482 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
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	48	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	10	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	16	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	$22,900
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	6	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	13	-
Interior Design	✕	0	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	11	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	1	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions (other)	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	2	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	7	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	4	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	145

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	1	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	0	-
Apparel and Textile Manufacture	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	17	-
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	41	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geography (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	8	-
Interior Design	✕	22	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	8	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	5	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	0	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Retail Management	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
Selling Skills and Sales Operations	✕	0	-
	Total	102

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	0	-
Interior Design	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	0	-
	Total	3

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	2	-
Environmental Science	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	0	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	9	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	56	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	0	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	0	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	29	-
Apparel and Textile Manufacture	✕	7	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	11	-
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	20 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	20	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	637 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	637	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	24	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	33	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	0	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	27	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	13	-
Psychology [+]	✕	82 completers	-
Psychology	✕	82	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	55	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	222 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	0	-
Anthropology	✕	11	-
Economics	✕	138	-
Geography	✕	4	-
Political Science and Government	✕	24	-
Sociology	✕	45	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	76 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	6	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	6	-
Interior Design	✕	24	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	18	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	0	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	2	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	0	-
Photography	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	10	-
Music	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	6	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	147 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	147	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	1,482

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 6,513 students are attending at West Valley College. There are 172 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 213 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 294 (full-time) and 216 (part-time).

The graduation rate of West Valley College is 41% and transfer-out rate is 11%. The retention rate is 77% at the school.

West Valley 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	6,513
Graduation Rate	41%
Number of Faculty	385
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

Student Population at West Valley

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,717 students enrolled into West Valley College. By gender, 2,946 male and 3,771 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
West Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,717	2,946	3,771
Full-time	2,035	988	1,047
Part-tme	4,682	1,958	2,724

There are 2,207 White (32.86%), 169 Black/African American (2.52%), 2,079 Hispanic (30.95%), 1,468 Asian (21.85%), and 2,849 students with other races attending West Valley College. 41 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at West Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,717	2,946	3,771
American Indian/Native American	10	4	6
Asian	1,468	591	877
Black/African American	169	88	81
Hispanic	2,079	861	1,218
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	14	10
White	2,207	1,023	1,184
Two More	595	279	316
Un-Known	124	64	60
Non-resident Alien	41	22	19

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

5,577 students (83.03% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 875 students (13.03% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for West Valley College.

Distance Learning Student Population at West Valley College
	Number of Students
Total	6,717
Enrolled Online Exclusively	5,577
Enrolled Some Online Courses	875
Not in Online Courses	265

By age range, at West Valley College, 2,116 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.50% of total students), 2,563 students are aged below 20 (38.16%), 436 students are aged above 50 (10.63%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at West Valley College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,717	2,946	3,771
Under 18	729	303	426
Age 18-19	1,834	896	938
Age 20-21	1,287	707	580
Age 22-24	829	416	413
Age 25-29	599	237	362
Age 30-34	359	117	242
Age 35-39	234	56	178
Age 40-49	410	78	332
Age 50-64	357	100	257
Over 64	79	36	43

Directory and Accreditation Information

West Valley College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1966 - Current).

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

14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA

408-867-2200

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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