Almost every day I am pleasantly surprised to hear from successful community members that they got their start at West Valley College. For over 36 years, West Valley has been offering students an excellent opportunity to complete the first two years of their college degree, to prepare for transfer to a four year college or university or to develop the skills necessary to launch themselves into a great career. Each year over 11,000 students representing all aspects of the cultural mosaic that makes up Santa Clara County are choosing to enroll at West Valley College. They do it for good reason. Not only does the hard work at West Valley pay off.
Students get to study on a beautiful, park-like campus.
Our students often tell that they appreciate the feeling of a small college with its personal and friendly environment. However, students tell me that, most of all, they appreciate the commitment of West Valley's faculty and staff to their success. There really is no substitute ute for a caring and supportive faculty and staff. This year West Valley folks have developed some very exciting new programs and have packaged them so that students have attendance options which better fit with heavy work schedules and family responsibilities. By popular demand, we have expanded our programming to include more weekend and evening offerings, more distance learning options, and more Internet courses to meet students needs.