Palo Alto College Business Programs

Located in San Antonio, Texas, Palo Alto College is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Palo Alto College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Palo Alto College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#56	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Palo Alto College?

Contact details for Palo Alto College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1400 W Villaret Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78224-2499
Phone:	210-486-3000
Website:	alamo.edu/pac/

How Do I Get Into Palo Alto College?

You can apply to Palo Alto College online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

Palo Alto College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Palo Alto College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Palo Alto College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,528 a year. That adds up to $18,112 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Palo Alto College is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Palo Alto College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,193 undergraduate students at Palo Alto College, with 2,139 being full-time and 9,054 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,139 full-time undergraduates at Palo Alto College, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Palo Alto College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	1,861
White	195
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Online Learning at Palo Alto College

In 2019-2020, 6,510 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Palo Alto College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Palo Alto College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Palo Alto College was 14.8%. This is the #1,067 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Palo Alto College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Palo Alto College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Supply Chain Management	87	17	0	104
General Business Administration and Management	53	28	22	103
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	32	0	0	32
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	13	3	0	16
Accounting	0	0	0	0
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	0	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	185	48	22	255

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.