Student Population at West Valley

The following chart compares West Valley's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California.

West Valley has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 12,505 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California average (11,761 students).

The below chart compares the student population between West Valley College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 3,416 male and 4,239 female students attending West Valley. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.81 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at West Valley.

By age, there are 5,435 students whose age under twenty five and 1,588 students whose age is over thirty years old at West Valley College.

Especially, 1,066 students are younger than eighteen and 135 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at West Valley College.

At West Valley College, 5,588 students (73.00% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,975 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,962 students live in California where West Valley College is located in and 3 students have enrolled from other states.