Past
Established in January 1963 as the West Valley Joint Community College District, with the approval of voters residing within Campbell Union and Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School districts and the Santa Clara Unified School District.
- A land plot of 143 acres in Saratoga was purchased for what became the permanent campus for West Valley College and the District offices.
- A second campus in the College District began with the acquisition of 12 acres in Santa Clara and eventually grew to be the 164-acre site that is Mission College today.
Mission College was temporarily located at Jefferson Intermediate School. With the completion of the first building phase in the fall of 1979, the new Mission College campus opened its doors to students.
In September, the District name was changed to West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD) to reflect the status of Mission College.
Present
West Valley-Mission Community College District is part of the largest system of higher education in the world! California’s public community college system, with 112 colleges across 72 districts, serves more than 2.5 million students.
- Every semester, over 20,000 students enroll in courses at the colleges.
- Thousands of others take online, off-campus, or non-credit courses and seminars offered through a variety of programs.
- Though each college has developed its own character, style, programs and atmosphere, both are committed to academic excellence.
- Since their inception, the two colleges have become major providers of credit and non-credit education in the Santa Clara Valley.
- The faculty and staff on each campus are dedicated to assisting students to meet their academic goals, vocational interests, and special needs.
- All programs are aimed at meeting the training and retraining needs of the people of Silicon Valley.