Mission College
About
Mission College is a public community college in Santa Clara, California. It is part of the West Valley–Mission Community College District. The land the college is on was bought between 1966 and 1967. Mission College opened for its first year in 1975. In 1979 it had grown to "3,500 students, 8 administrators, and 73 instructors".
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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.
Academic programs at Mission 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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Mission College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Mission 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMission College | 39% | — | 6,909 | $5,198 | Community College |
Arizona Western College | — | — | 8,964 | $9,582 | Community College |
Bucks County Community College | — | — | 6,232 | $7,561 | Community College |
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | — | — | 3,914 | $5,517 | Community College |
Catawba Valley Community College | — | — | 4,904 | $9,415 | Community College |
Central Arizona College | — | — | 5,053 | $4,591 | Community College |
Central Oregon Community College | — | — | 4,332 | $10,765 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | — | — | 6,121 | $2,974 | Community College |
College of San Mateo | — | — | 9,901 | $1,504 | Community College |
College of Southern Maryland | — | — | 5,062 | $9,867 | Community College |
Contra Costa College | — | — | 6,538 | $6,522 | Community College |
County College of Morris | — | — | 6,131 | $9,259 | Community College |
Cuyamaca College | — | — | 8,905 | $6,187 | Community College |
Dutchess Community College | — | — | 6,606 | $8,433 | Community College |
Estrella Mountain Community College | — | — | 10,109 | $12,211 | Community College |
Evergreen Valley College | — | — | 9,336 | $12,591 | Community College |
Germanna Community College | — | — | 8,544 | $6,239 | Community College |
Kalamazoo Valley Community College | — | — | 6,334 | $2,991 | Community College |
Lakeland Community College | — | — | 4,358 | $7,557 | Community College |
Los Angeles Harbor College | — | — | 9,463 | $11,245 | Community College |
Middlesex Community College | — | — | 9,374 | $3,694 | Community College |
Monterey Peninsula College | — | — | 7,173 | $13,498 | Community College |
Moreno Valley College | — | — | 11,920 | $1,996 | Community College |
North Idaho College | — | — | 4,585 | $11,481 | Community College |
Northeast Lakeview College | — | — | 9,355 | $4,582 | Community College |
NorthWest Arkansas Community College | — | — | 8,412 | $5,719 | Community College |
Onondaga Community College | — | — | 8,537 | $7,178 | Community College |
Rowan College at Burlington County | — | — | 6,620 | $6,101 | Community College |
South Puget Sound Community College | — | — | 4,871 | $9,090 | Community College |
SUNY Broome Community College | — | — | 5,327 | $8,035 | Community College |
West Valley College | — | — | 7,655 | $1,842 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 39% | — | 6,620 | $7,178 |
Mission College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of ORPIE is to provide Mission College faculty, classified professionals, and administration with high-quality, accessible data to inform planning decisions, enhance student learning outcomes, and support institutional effectiveness.
Visit IR office page- Alfred GallegosDean of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
- Thanh DoSenior Info Tech Analyst
- Jamille FeatherstoneResearch Analyst
- Prachi SamantResearch Analyst
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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