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West Hills College-Lemoore was awarded 13 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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West Hills College-Lemoore landed the #1,387 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when West Hills College-Lemoore held the #1,526 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
West Hills College-Lemoore also holds the #138 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
West Hills College-Lemoore has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At West Hills College-Lemoore, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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-Lemoore is 24%. 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 West Hills College-Lemoore is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,932 undergraduates at West Hills College-Lemoore with 1,191 being full-time and 2,741 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,571 | $8,725 | $11,153 | $14,243 | $16,126 |
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-Lemoore, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at West Hills College-Lemoore is 14.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for West Hills College-Lemoore are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 555 College Avenue, Lemoore, CA 93245 |
| Phone: | 559-925-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.westhillscollege.com/lemoore/ |
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 2020-2021, 2,663 students took at least one online class at West Hills College-Lemoore. This is a decrease from the 3,838 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,663 | 1,535 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,838 | 3,647 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,609 | 1,318 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,106 | 977 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,919 | 953 |
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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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