Northwest Vista College
About
Northwest Vista College is a public community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Alamo Colleges District and is located in the Westover Hills neighborhood of San Antonio's Far West Side. Established in 1995 with a dozen students, Northwest Vista College has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students and offers associate degrees and technical certifications.
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 71 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 61 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing10 · 14.1%
- No Data61 · 85.9%
- 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.
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.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 7
- Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: DegreeSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2022Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2021Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on 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, 6,193 students received $32.0M in Pell grants, alongside $3.6M 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 817 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (1.8%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Northwest Vista 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
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 campus1
- Non-campus1
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.
Northwest Vista College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Northwest Vista 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNorthwest Vista College | 32% | — | 20,060 | $4,546 | Community College |
Austin Community College District | — | — | 39,727 | $6,306 | Baccalaureate |
Broward College | — | — | 30,728 | $20,077 | Baccalaureate |
Chandler-Gilbert Community College | — | — | 15,085 | $12,653 | Community College |
Collin County Community College District | — | — | 39,548 | $8,986 | Baccalaureate |
Cuyahoga Community College District | — | — | 17,840 | $4,538 | Community College |
Dallas College | — | — | 69,749 | $4,146 | Community College |
El Paso Community College | — | — | 25,567 | $4,154 | Community College |
Estrella Mountain Community College | — | — | 10,109 | $12,211 | Community College |
GateWay Community College | — | — | 5,553 | $12,871 | Community College |
GateWay Community College-Central City | — | — | 595 | $4,239 | — |
Glendale Community College | — | — | 13,914 | $12,158 | Community College |
Houston Community College | — | — | 53,253 | $6,738 | Community College |
Lone Star College System | — | — | 73,077 | $9,322 | Community College |
Mesa Community College | — | — | 17,077 | $13,438 | Community College |
Miami Dade College | — | — | 58,941 | $5,929 | Baccalaureate |
Northern Virginia Community College | — | — | 56,457 | $8,554 | Community College |
Palo Alto College | — | — | 12,395 | $4,374 | Community College |
Paradise Valley Community College | — | — | 6,148 | $13,478 | Community College |
Phoenix College | — | — | 10,660 | $11,728 | Community College |
Rio Salado College | — | — | 18,841 | $8,764 | Community College |
San Antonio College | — | — | 19,901 | $5,290 | Community College |
San Jacinto Community College | — | — | 31,812 | $7,540 | Community College |
Scottsdale Community College | — | — | 7,065 | $14,380 | Community College |
South Mountain Community College | — | — | 4,516 | $11,942 | Community College |
South Texas College | 20% | — | 27,431 | $1,291 | Baccalaureate |
St Philip's College | — | — | 17,299 | $4,873 | Community College |
Tarrant County College District | — | — | 43,928 | $6,073 | Community College |
Tidewater Community College | — | — | 16,884 | $7,991 | Community College |
Valencia College | — | — | 47,425 | $10,399 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 26% | — | 19,371 | $8,273 |
Northwest Vista College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission is to collect, compile, analyze and provide data in support of district-wide decision making, policy construction, and resource allocation.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Eliza HernandezDirector of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardalamo.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planNVC Strategic Plan (2024-2026)2023The Northwest Vista College Strategic Plan for 2024-2026 outlines a commitment to creating welcoming and affirming environments and acting as a social and economic catalyst for its community. The plan emphasizes structured servingness by implementing evidence-based practices, culturally relevant instruction, and effective partnerships with educational institutions and community organizations. By focusing on sustainable reforms, community engagement, and providing seamless educational pathways, NVC aims to become a model for community colleges and an engine for social change in Greater San Antonio.alamo.edu
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