Napa Valley College

Napa, California

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 3,813 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
  • Food Science and TechnologyCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,982
  • Food Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,934

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $112,105 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 35 finishedGraduates here earned $119,174 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (38)
  • AnthropologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $37,748
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $33,713
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 73 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 72 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $22,567
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $35,157
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,611
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $52,388
  • HistoryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $31,926
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $34,193
  • Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $32,008
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 290 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • MathematicsAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $36,826
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • MusicAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • PhysicsAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $35,965
  • Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $34,854
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 52 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,637
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $41,894
  • Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
  • Social Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $35,518
  • SociologyAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $33,731
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $32,424
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $23,489
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $26,742
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$3,161$30–48kNot reported$48–75k$3,273$75–110k$7,207Over $110k$10,859Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$3,152per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,241sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$1,156Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$46,1266 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$55,39910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
31%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
26%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Napa Valley College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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