Private (for-profit)

San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office

Visalia, California·Administrative Unit·Far West·sjvc.edu
Use this data
Ask Clema

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

WASC Senior College and University Commission

Accredited since 2020Next review Jun 2026
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accredited since 1995Next review Mar 2019

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 6

  1. Aug 2021Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  2. Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  3. Feb 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  4. Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  5. Jan 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 8,323 students received $43.6M in Pell grants, alongside $59.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
8,323
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$43.6M
$43,617,000 total
Direct Loans
$59.6M
15,842 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

7k
20
7k
21
7k
22
8k
23
8k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$21.7M
7,357 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$28.4M
7,288 loan awards
Parent PLUS$9.4M
1,197 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 3,988 borrowers who entered repayment, 166 (4.1%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.1%
+1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
3,988
Defaulted
166
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
21.4%
2017
23.4%
2018
16.8%
2019
4.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at SJVC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs0
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Frequently asked questions about San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about SJVC.

Where is San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office located?

San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office is located in Visalia, California 93277.

Have a question this page can’t answer?

Ask Clema anything about San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office and its peers — plain language in, cited answers out, in minutes instead of days.

Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card