West Valley College

Saratoga, California · Public · Predominantly associate's · Suburb: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $1,033. 52% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $55,251 ten years after entering.

Average net price
$1,033
per year Verified data
Completion rate
52%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$55,251
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
Data unavailable
graduates, federal loans Data unavailable

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$0
Out-of-state tuition and fees$11,244
Average cost of attendance$12,270
Books and supplies$1,188
Room and board, on campusData unavailable
Average net price, all aided students$1,033
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$1,033
Average net price, family income over $110,000Data unavailable

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
Data unavailable
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
6,416
Graduate enrollment
Data unavailable
Students receiving Pell grants
15%
Student to faculty ratio
29 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time52%
Completion within normal time29%
First-year retention (full-time)78%
Median federal debt, graduatesSuppressed for privacy
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)Suppressed for privacy
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$29,832
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry68%
1 year after completion$40,384
4 years after completion$51,402
6 years after entry$47,692
8 years after entry$53,030
10 years after entry$55,251
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $55,251; the middle half earned $30,296 to $87,507. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at West Valley College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

92 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (36)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Agricultural Production Operations
CIP 01.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Apparel and Textiles
CIP 19.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
CIP 52.99 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · Some credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · Some credentials fully online
31Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · Some credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graphic Communications
CIP 10.03 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · Some credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · Some credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
66Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · Some credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CIP 51.39 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Real Estate
CIP 52.15 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (56)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · Some credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Apparel and Textiles
CIP 19.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architecture
CIP 04.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biological and Physical Sciences
CIP 30.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
143Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · Some credentials fully online
38Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
38Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications
CIP 11.06 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · Some credentials fully online
175Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · Some credentials fully online
24Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · Some credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fire Protection
CIP 43.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graphic Communications
CIP 10.03 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · Some credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Landscape Architecture
CIP 04.06 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · Some credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
1,128$31,714$6,156
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · Some credentials fully online
40Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.08
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · Some credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Non-Professional Legal Studies
CIP 22.00 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management
CIP 31.03 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · Some credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · Some credentials fully online
52Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · Some credentials fully online
32Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · Some credentials fully online
4Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 125499, OPEID 001338. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.