Napa Valley College
About
Napa Valley College, formerly Napa Junior College and Napa Community College, is a public community college in Napa, California. The tree-lined main campus is on 160 acres (65 ha) overlooking the Napa River and includes a performing arts center, a child development center, a business development center, a Visual Arts Center including a Gallery and Ceramics Studio, and the Napa Valley Vintners Teaching Winery. An Upper Valley Campus in St. Helena includes the Napa Valley Cooking School, training aspiring chefs. In 2014–2015, the total enrollment was about 8,559.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 73 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 72 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 1.4%
- No Data72 · 98.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Action history · 4
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Feb 2016Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting 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, 1,230 students received $5.6M in Pell grants, alongside $339K 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 58 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (3.4%) 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 Napa Valley 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 · 4
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
- On campus15
- Non-campus2
- Public property5
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.
Napa Valley College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Napa Valley 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNapa Valley College | 43% | — | 4,844 | $14,046 | Community College |
Atlantic Cape Community College | — | — | 4,052 | $8,502 | Community College |
Black River Technical College | — | — | 1,705 | $6,053 | Community College |
Carl Albert State College | — | — | 1,851 | $6,855 | Community College |
Cleveland State Community College | — | 100.0% | 3,282 | $6,183 | Community College |
Coffeyville Community College | — | — | 1,466 | $5,481 | Community College |
Columbia College | — | — | 2,828 | $15,468 | Community College |
Copper Mountain Community College | — | — | 2,019 | $7,962 | Community College |
Crafton Hills College | — | — | 6,768 | $10,655 | Community College |
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College | — | — | 1,048 | $5,643 | Community College |
Dyersburg State Community College | — | — | 3,296 | $4,322 | Community College |
Eastern Oklahoma State College | — | — | 1,285 | $11,020 | Community College |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | — | — | 1,865 | $7,803 | Community College |
Garden City Community College | — | — | 2,079 | $8,681 | Community College |
Garrett College | — | — | 679 | $6,396 | Community College |
Gavilan College | — | — | 6,083 | $2,244 | Community College |
Holyoke Community College | — | — | 4,200 | $6,860 | Community College |
Marion Military Institute | — | 97.0% | 332 | $10,137 | Community College |
Mineral Area College | — | — | 2,447 | $11,123 | Community College |
Murray State College | — | — | 2,949 | $15,071 | Community College |
Orange County Community College | — | — | 5,704 | $7,442 | Community College |
Ozarka College | — | — | 1,069 | $4,396 | Community College |
Ranger College | — | — | 2,522 | $6,565 | Community College |
Roane State Community College | — | 99.6% | 5,002 | $6,017 | Community College |
Roanoke-Chowan Community College | — | — | 668 | $8,076 | Community College |
Roxbury Community College | — | — | 2,044 | $12,544 | Community College |
Seminole State College | — | — | 1,488 | $15,328 | Community College |
SUNY Adirondack | — | — | 2,576 | $10,363 | Community College |
Three Rivers College | — | — | 2,604 | $9,980 | Community College |
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton | — | 100.0% | 2,248 | $11,718 | Community College |
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College | — | — | 4,478 | $15,000 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 43% | 99.8% | 2,447 | $8,076 |
Napa Valley College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (RPIE) supports college planning activities by providing data and analysis to inform decision-making and monitor institutional effectiveness, coordinating the development and implementation of institutional plans, ensuring a regular cycle of evaluation aimed at improving programs and services, promoting outcomes assessment as a means of measuring and improving student learning and institutional effectiveness, and fostering a culture that values and addresses accreditation requirements.
Visit IR office page- Robyn Wornall, Ph.D.Dean of Research, Planning & Institutional Effectiveness
- Ryan Grimm, Ph.D.Director of Institutional Research
- Hallam Stevens, Ph.D.Grants Manager
- Alexis CrisostomoAdministrative Assistant
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardnapavalley.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic plan2026The Napa Valley College Strategic Plan outlines several institutional plans aimed at enhancing educational outcomes from 2024 to 2029. These plans include the Educational Master Plan, Facilities Master Plan, Technology Master Plan, and others, encompassing aspects like equity, strategic enrollment, and guided pathways. The plans are intended to foster institutional effectiveness, align with accreditation requirements, and enhance the college's educational offerings and infrastructure.napavalley.edu
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Napa Valley College (3)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Michael GagePolitics
- Rockwell D. Hunt
- L. B. Mallory
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