Coalinga College
About
Coalinga College, formerly West Hills College Coalinga, is a public community college in Coalinga, California, with a satellite facility in Firebaugh. Both locations serve students in the central San Joaquin Valley. Established in 1932, Coalinga College is in the West Hills Community College District. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 66 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 58 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 10.6%
- No Data58 · 87.9%
- Failing1 · 1.5%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Action history · 5
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Apr 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2019Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2019Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jun 2017Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 906 students received $4.6M in Pell grants, alongside $215K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 117 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (8.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Coalinga College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 5
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Coalinga College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Coalinga College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCoalinga College | 43% | — | 4,175 | $8,626 | Community College |
Alamance Community College | — | — | 4,827 | $16,465 | Community College |
Black Hawk College | — | — | 4,001 | $6,718 | Community College |
Central Lakes College-Brainerd | — | — | 4,981 | $12,829 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | — | — | 3,274 | $4,902 | Community College |
Community College of Vermont | — | — | 5,028 | $10,599 | Community College |
Compton College | — | — | 5,225 | $11,103 | Community College |
Cowley County Community College | — | — | 2,235 | $6,752 | Community College |
Danville Area Community College | — | — | 2,297 | $2,943 | Community College |
Danville Community College | — | — | 2,465 | $7,158 | Community College |
Edison State Community College | — | — | 4,624 | $8,503 | Community College |
Highland Community College | — | — | 2,190 | $10,388 | Community College |
Howard College | — | — | 4,101 | $7,681 | Community College |
Kankakee Community College | — | — | 2,564 | $5,190 | Community College |
Kaskaskia College | — | — | 3,669 | $6,839 | Community College |
Lake Tahoe Community College | — | — | 4,040 | $10,975 | Community College |
Lenoir Community College | — | — | 2,591 | $5,116 | Community College |
Lewis and Clark Community College | — | — | 4,606 | $4,281 | Community College |
Manchester Community College | — | — | 2,081 | $13,846 | Community College |
Massachusetts Bay Community College | — | — | 4,578 | $7,388 | Community College |
Mid-Plains Community College | — | — | 2,140 | $6,602 | Community College |
Mohave Community College | — | — | 4,619 | $6,806 | Community College |
Mountain Empire Community College | — | — | 2,116 | $7,226 | Community College |
Nash Community College | — | — | 2,780 | $4,477 | Community College |
New River Community College | — | — | 4,254 | $6,031 | Community College |
NHTI-Concord's Community College | — | — | 2,657 | $20,134 | Community College |
Northern Wyoming Community College District | — | — | 3,534 | $8,890 | Community College |
Owensboro Community and Technical College | — | — | 4,875 | $4,627 | Community College |
Prairie State College | — | — | 2,953 | $5,280 | Community College |
Rend Lake College | — | — | 2,015 | $7,309 | Community College |
Riverland Community College | — | — | 3,959 | $8,463 | Community College |
Santa Fe Community College | — | — | 4,469 | $9,215 | Community College |
Stanly Community College | — | — | 2,468 | $4,215 | Community College |
Surry Community College | — | — | 2,796 | $4,707 | Community College |
Vance-Granville Community College | — | — | 2,936 | $4,534 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 43% | — | 3,534 | $7,158 |
Coalinga College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides an overview of the Institutional Effectiveness office at West Hills Community College District. It includes contact information for Kyle Crider and general resources related to institutional research. The page lists links to various state, regional, federal, and national data resources.
Visit IR office page- Kyle Crider
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionInstitutional Data | West Hills Community College DistrictThe Institutional Data page at West Hills Community College District provides definitions of key metrics used for assessing and reporting on educational performance. These include Enrollment, Success Rate, Course Completion, Persistence, Weekly Student Contact Hours, Full-Time Equivalent Faculty, and WSCH/FTEF. Each metric is essential for evaluating student outcomes and resource allocation within the institution.westhillscollege.com
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planCoalinga College Strategic Plan2021The Coalinga College Strategic Plan is part of the West Hills Community College District's planning efforts for the years 2021 to 2026. It outlines the strategic initiatives and focus areas for Coalinga College, aligning with district-level goals to support student success and institutional development. The plan is informed by previous strategic frameworks and hopes to address both current opportunities and future challenges by tailoring strategies unique to the institution.westhillscollege.com
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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