West Valley College

General Information

Name: West Valley College
Address: 14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone:

• General information: (408) 867-2200
• Financial aid office: (408) 741-2024
• Admissions office: (408) 741-2001

Website: www.westvalley.edu
Type of Institution: Public, 2-year
Religious affiliation: None

Financial Aid Recipients

Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
• Any form of aid: 32%
• Federal grants: 24%
• State/local grants: 30%
• *loans: 2%

Average Amount of Aid Received:
• Federal grants:$3290
• State/local grants:$1096

Enrollment

Characteristics of students

White non-hispanic: 54%
Black non-hispanic: 3%
Hispanic: 14%
Asian/pacific islander: 17%
American indian/alaska native: 1%
Other: 12%

Degrees offered

Architecture and Related Services
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) - Certificate

Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Associate

Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
• Accounting - Certificate
  
• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General - Associate, Certificate
  
• Business Administration and Management, General - Associate, Certificate
  
• Business/Commerce, General - Associate, Certificate
  
• Retailing and Retail Operations - Certificate

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other - Certificate
  
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia - Certificate

Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services
• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects - Associate, Certificate
  
• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design - Associate

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer Programming/Programmer, General - Associate
  
• Computer Science - Associate
  
• Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General - Associate, Certificate
  
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design - Associate, Certificate
  
• Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster - Associate, Certificate

Engineering
• Engineering, General - Associate

Engineering Technologies/Technicians
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General - Certificate

English Language and Literature/Letters
• English Language and Literature, General - Associate
  
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies - Associate, Certificate

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Apparel and Textile Manufacture - Associate, Certificate
  
• Child Development - Associate, Certificate

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• French Language and Literature - Associate
  
• Spanish Language and Literature - Associate, Certificate

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage - Certificate
  
• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary - Associate
  
• Medical/Clinical Assistant - Associate, Certificate

History
• History, General - Associate

Legal Professions and Studies
• Court Reporting/Court Reporter - Associate, Certificate
  
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal - Associate, Certificate

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies - Associate

Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics, General - Associate

Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies
• Health and Physical Education, General - Associate, Certificate
  
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management - Associate, Certificate

Physical Sciences
• Chemistry, General - Associate
  
• Geology/Earth Science, General - Associate
  
• Physics, General - Associate

Psychology
• Psychology, General - Associate

Security and Protective Services
• Criminal Justice/Police Science - Associate

Social Sciences
• Anthropology - Associate
  
• Economics, General - Associate
  
• Geography - Associate
  
• Political Science and Government, General - Associate
  
• Social Sciences, General - Associate
  
• Sociology - Associate

Visual and Performing Arts
• Art/Art Studies, General - Associate
  
• Cinematography and Film/Video Production - Associate, Certificate
  
• Commercial Photography - Associate, Certificate
  
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Associate
  
• Fashion/Apparel Design - Associate, Certificate
  
• Film/Cinema Studies - Associate
  
• Interior Design - Associate, Certificate
  
• Music, General - Associate
  
• Photography - Associate, Certificate
  
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology - Associate