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West Hills College-Coalinga was awarded 14 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental & social health services.
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West Hills College-Coalinga is ranked #1,575 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when West Hills College-Coalinga held the #1,660 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
West Hills College-Coalinga also holds the #142 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into West Hills College-Coalinga since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At West Hills College-Coalinga, this rate is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 West Hills College-Coalinga is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At West Hills College-Coalinga this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,229 undergraduates at West Hills College-Coalinga with 473 being full-time and 3,756 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,064 | $6,321 | $10,823 | $12,153 | $11,639 |
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 West Hills College-Coalinga, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At West Hills College-Coalinga, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $4,473 a year. That adds up to $17,892 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for West Hills College-Coalinga are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 Cherry Lane, Coalinga, CA 93210 |
| Phone: | 559-934-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.westhillscollege.com/coalinga/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 521 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 128 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 82 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 43 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 43 | NA |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 42 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 39 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 34 | NA |
| Agricultural Production | 21 | NA |
| Environmental Control Technology | 18 | 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, 2,041 students took at least one online class at West Hills College-Coalinga. This is a decrease from the 2,981 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,041 | 1,378 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,981 | 2,477 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,195 | 4,132 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,526 | 2,618 |
Learn more about online learning at West Hills College-Coalinga.
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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