Yakima Valley College Business Programs

Yakima Valley College is a public institution located in Yakima, Washington. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Yakima Valley College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at YVC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#94	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Yakima Valley College?

Contact details for YVC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	South 16Th Ave. & Nob Hill Blvd., Yakima, WA 98907-2520
Phone:	509-574-4600
Website:	www.yvcc.edu

How Do I Get Into YVC?

You can apply to YVC online at: https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx

Yakima Valley 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 Yakima Valley College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At YVC, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $4,335 a year. That adds up to $17,340 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at YVC is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Yakima Valley College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,954 undergraduate students at YVC, with 2,701 being full-time and 1,253 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,701 full-time undergraduates at YVC, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Yakima Valley College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	42
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	1,516
White	860
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	251

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Yakima Valley College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at YVC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Philippines, Bahrain, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Yakima Valley College

In 2019-2020, 3,910 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of YVC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Yakima Valley College was 111.7%. This is the #345 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at YVC 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%.

Yakima Valley College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	38	0	0	38
General Business Administration and Management	0	15	0	21	36
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	19	0	0	0	19
Agricultural Business	0	11	0	0	11
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	1	7	0	0	8
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	1	2	0	3
Office Administration	0	2	0	0	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	1	0	1
Retail Management	0	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	20	74	3	21	118

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.