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Evergreen Valley College landed the #706 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Evergreen Valley College held the #1,463 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Evergreen Valley College also holds the #89 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
Since Evergreen Valley College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Evergreen Valley College is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Evergreen Valley College is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Evergreen Valley College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,699 undergraduates at Evergreen Valley College with 2,411 being full-time and 6,288 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,206 | $15,480 | $18,857 | $19,853 | $17,956 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Evergreen Valley College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
See which majors at Evergreen Valley College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Evergreen Valley College.
Contact details for Evergreen Valley College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3095 Yerba Buena Rd, San Jose, CA 95135-1598 |
| Phone: | 408-274-7900 |
| Website: | https://www.evc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 208 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 158 | NA |
| General Psychology | 115 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 71 | NA |
| Nursing | 68 | NA |
| Special Education | 59 | NA |
| Economics | 57 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 53 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 35 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 32 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 5,706 students took at least one online class at Evergreen Valley College. This is an increase from the 5,401 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,706 | 3,057 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,401 | 2,300 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,262 | 2,328 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,791 | 558 |
Learn more about online learning at Evergreen Valley College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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