West Valley College
- 2 Year
- SARATOGA, CA
Community College
West Valley College
- 2 Year
- SARATOGA, CA
- Rating 3.85 out of 5 483 reviews
Report Card
- Professorsgrade B minus
- Valuegrade B minus
- Diversitygrade A minus
- Safetygrade A minus
- Student Lifegrade A+
- Locationgrade A
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CCCAA
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West Valley College Rankings
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Admissions
Acceptance Rate
100%
SAT Range
No data available
ACT Range
No data available
Application Fee
$0
SAT/ACT
Neither required nor recommended
High School GPA
No data available
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Students also applied to ...
- grade B
- grade B minus
- grade B minus
- grade C+
- grade B minus
- grade B minus
- grade B
- grade B
Cost
Net Price
$7,541 / year
National
$15,523Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Average Total Aid Awarded
$3,918 / year
National
$7,535Students Receiving Financial Aid
65%
Scholarship
Academics
Professors
grade B minus
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
17:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
71%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes. 52 responses69%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want. 52 responses78%
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Majors
Most Popular Majors
- Liberal Arts and Humanities239 Graduates
- Business124 Graduates
- Communications55 Graduates
- Psychology48 Graduates
- Police and Criminal Science45 Graduates
- Child Care Provider42 Graduates
- Paralegal41 Graduates
- Sociology40 Graduates
- Economics39 Graduates
- Natural Resources Conservation and Management29 Graduates
Online
Online Programs Offered
0
Offers Online Courses
Yes
Online Certificate Programs
0
Online Associates Programs
0
Online Bachelor's Programs
0
Students
Full-Time Enrollment
2,510 Undergrads
Part-Time Undergrads
5,109
Undergrads Over 25
12%
Pell Grant
21%
Varsity Athletes
7%
After College
Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$38,800 / year
National
$33,028Graduation Rate
41%
National
49%Employed 2 Years After Graduation
78%
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I appreciate West Valley’s dedication to their students. Their options they offer in regards to classes, majors, late starts, teachers, and even cafeteria foods are diverse. They have many events and clubs available, too! They really seem to cater to the needs and wishes of their students. I do wish, however, that they would work on their online options... Their Portal is very confusing and trying to use a student email only to have to ask them to help me reset the password is frustrating and time consuming when I just want to login to pay for classes or check my schedule.
There is an inherent insufficiency of representation when it comes to rating an online experience during a pandemic, knowing that my professors are presumably thrown off their game and all most people want is to resume the normal intimate college setting and experience. There is an ethereal hollowness to an online class unless the presenters acknowledge the hollowness by attempting to fill the void with empathetic commiseration through humor or interactive effort. Simply put: it is hard to rate an online experience without comparing it somehow to a normal class.
I am happy that my professors committed to a full semester of online learning, as opposed to hemming and hawing half-heartedly about the possibility to a return to campus during the term. I would have had to abruptly alter my commitment to my son's distance learning schedule. You see, my education wasn't the only education to be placed into a tiny shiny. The lipstick on the pig was my ability to help him because I was home.
I am happy that my professors committed to a full semester of online learning, as opposed to hemming and hawing half-heartedly about the possibility to a return to campus during the term. I would have had to abruptly alter my commitment to my son's distance learning schedule. You see, my education wasn't the only education to be placed into a tiny shiny. The lipstick on the pig was my ability to help him because I was home.
I came to West Valley during my junior year of high school for the Middle College program, and I instantly fell in love with the campus and community. This might sound cheesy but it's my home away from home, and now during quarantine I miss the simple days of walking to class on campus and passing by other students living in their own world. I'm lucky to have had so many supportive and incredible teachers who clearly love what they do. West Valley gives so many opportunities to be a part of the community. Whether it be clubs, guest speakers, or monthly small businesses, every student has a chance to interact with West Valley. There are so many people at West Valley who have made an impact on my life today: classmates, teachers, baristas, librarians. It's safe to say that West Valley has left a mark on my journey, and I'd do everything all over again in a heartbeat if it meant spending more time here.