by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Northwest Vista College was awarded 268 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Northwest Vista College is ranked #384 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Northwest Vista College held the #439 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Northwest Vista College is also ranked #19 out of 115 schools in Texas.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Northwest Vista College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
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 Northwest Vista College, this rate is 32 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northwest Vista College is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Northwest Vista College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 18,542 undergraduates at Northwest Vista College with 3,859 being full-time and 14,683 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,313 | $6,463 | $8,214 | $10,644 | $11,365 |
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 Northwest Vista College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Northwest Vista College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,300 a year. That adds up to $17,200 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Northwest Vista College is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Northwest Vista College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3535 N. Ellison Drive, San Antonio, TX 78251 |
| Phone: | 210-486-4000 |
| Website: | alamo.edu/nvc/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 10,403 students took at least one online class at Northwest Vista College. This is an increase from the 7,759 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 10,403 | 8,136 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,759 | 4,599 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,237 | 2,766 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,514 | 2,306 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,412 | 2,266 |
Learn more about online learning at Northwest Vista 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.
References
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