| Achievement of Institutional Performance Standards Summary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| metric | Most Recent Year | Status | |
| Course Success, Degree, Certificate & Transfer | |||
| Course Success | 2023-24 | ✔️ | Met Floor Goal |
| Degree | 2023-24 | 🌟 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Certificate | 2023-24 | ✔️ | Met Floor Goal |
| Transfer | 2022-23 | ✔️ | Met Floor Goal |
| Employment | |||
| Accounting | 2021-22 | 🌟 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Administration of Justice | 2022-23 | 🌟 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Business Administration | 2021-22 | 🌟 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Early Childhood Education | 2022-23 | ✔️ | Met Floor Goal |
| Interior Design | 2022-23 | ✔️ | Met Floor Goal |
| Paralegal | 2022-23 | 🌟 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Employment data are unavailable for programs when the number of completers are less than 10. | |||
West Valley College Institution-Set Standards
Overview
The accreditation requirements include establishing institution-set standards (ISS) for student achievement (see ACCJC standard 1.3).
ISS is the lowest acceptable level of performance. These standards serve as floor goals that the college strives to maintain and does not intend to fall below. In addition to floor goals, the college also sets stretch goals–aspirational targets–to encourage continuous improvement. These goals or institutional performance standards are set by the Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness (AIE) Committee based on review of trend data and performance of comparable peer institutions.
The standards also require institutions to communicate results broadly across the institution to foster a shared understanding of strengths and areas needing improvement (see ACCJC standard 1.5). Every year in April, the college reports the student achievement data along with the floor and the stretch goals to ACCJC as part of (ACCJC Annual Report).
As shown in the table below, in the most recently reported year, WVC has met floor goals for all areas of student achievement and met stretch goals for Degrees and Employment (Administration of Justice and Paralegal).
Course Success Rates
Course success rates measures how successfully students are completing course work and passing classes. For the most recent three years, the college’s course success rates have met the floor goal.
| Course Success Rates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of credit course enrollments with a passing grade (A, B, C, or P) over the total enrollment | ||||||
| Year | Passes (n) | Enrollment (n) | Success Rate | Floor Goal | Stretch Goal | Goal Status |
| 2017-18 | 38,028 | 51,587 | 73.7% | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2018-19 | 38,407 | 51,239 | 75.0% | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2019-20 | 36,598 | 47,044 | 77.8% | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2020-21 | 37,360 | 48,043 | 77.8% | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2021-22 | 31,232 | 41,170 | 75.9% | 72.2% | – | Met Floor Goal |
| 2022-23 | 31,332 | 41,056 | 76.3% | 72.7% | – | Met Floor Goal |
| 2023-24 | 33,896 | 44,466 | 76.2% | 73.0% | 76.9% | Met Floor Goal |
| 2024-25 | – | – | – | – | 77.5% | – |
| 2025-26 | – | – | – | – | 78.1% | – |
| 2026-27 | – | – | – | – | 78.7% | – |
| 2027-28 | – | – | – | – | 79.3% | – |
| Source: WVM Data Warehouse | ||||||
Course Success Disaggregated
At WVC, we disaggregate outcomes to examine who has disproportionately lower success rates.
The graph below shows that Black/African American students, Latinx/a/o students, Native American students, and Pacific Islander students have lower course success rates than the overall rate and other groups. These equity groups are a central focus of our efforts to close achievement gaps and improve outcomes.
Disaggregated by Ethnicity
Disaggregated by First Generation Status
First-generation students also have disproportionately lower course success rates. First-generation students are also a centeral focus of our efforts to close equity gaps and improve outcomes.
Completion
Degrees
Measures the number of unique students who have earned an Associate’s Degree (AA, AS, AS-T, AA-T or ASUCTP). The college has met its floor goal, and surpassed its stretch goal in the most recent year.
| Number of Students Earning Associates Degrees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of WVC students who earned an AA, AS, AA-T, AS-T or ASUCTP | ||||
| Year | Unique Degree Earners (n) | Floor Goal | Stretch Goal | Goal Status |
| 2018-19 | 632 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2019-20 | 635 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2020-21 | 822 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2021-22 | 788 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2022-23 | 711 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 569 | 727 | Met Stretch Goal |
| 2024-25 | – | 572 | 743 | – |
| 2025-26 | – | – | 759 | – |
| Source: WVM Data Warehouse | ||||
Certificates
Measures the number of certificates earned. The college has met its floor goal in the the most recent year.
| Number of Certificates Earned | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number of Certificates Earned | Floor Goal | Stretch Goal | Goal Status |
| 2018-19 | 116 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2019-20 | 91 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2020-21 | 103 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2021-22 | 98 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2022-23 | 104 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 82 | 106 | Met Floor Goal |
| 2024-25 | – | 82 | 108 | – |
| 2025-26 | – | – | 110 | – |
| Source: WVM Data Warehouse | ||||
Transfer
Transfer measures the number of students transfering to four-year institutions each year. For the most recent two years, the college’s transfer number has met the floor goal.
| Transfers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of WVC students who trasnferred to a four-year institution | ||||
| Year | Transfers (n) | Floor Goal | Stretch Goal | Goal Status |
| 2017-18 | 1011 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2018-19 | 1077 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2019-20 | 1060 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2020-21 | 1217 | – | – | Standards Not Yet Set |
| 2021-22 | 1022 | 910 | – | Met Floor Goal |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 910 | 1042 | Met Floor Goal |
| 2023-24 | – | – | 1063 | – |
| 2024-25 | – | – | 1085 | – |
| Source: CCCCO Data Vista | ||||
Employment
Job placement rate by TOP Code from the Employment Development Department (EDD) wage file for certificate programs after students have left the college. The college has met the floor goal for all programs and has exceeded the stretch goal for most programs in recent years.
| Job Placement Rate by Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate sourced from EDD wage file after students exit WVC | ||||
| Cohort Year | Employment Rate | Floor Goal | Stretch Goal | Goal Status |
| Accounting | ||||
| 2021-22 | 90 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| 2022-23 | – | 40 | 80 | --(n<10, so not calculated)-- |
| Administration Of Justice | ||||
| 2021-22 | 82 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Business Administration | ||||
| 2021-22 | 83 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| 2022-23 | – | 40 | 80 | --(n<10, so not calculated)-- |
| Early Childhood Education | ||||
| 2021-22 | 58 | 40 | 80 | Met Floor Goal |
| 2022-23 | 79 | 40 | 80 | Met Floor Goal |
| Interior Design | ||||
| 2021-22 | 70 | 40 | 80 | Met Floor Goal |
| 2022-23 | 67 | 40 | 80 | Met Floor Goal |
| Paralegal | ||||
| 2021-22 | 80 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| 2022-23 | 88 | 40 | 80 | Met Stretch Goal |
| Source: CCCCO Perkins V Core Indicator Report; (Employment rate is suppressed when total count is less than 10) | ||||