Catawba Valley Community College Overview

Catawba Valley Community College is a public institution situated in Hickory, North Carolina. The location of CVCC is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Catawba Valley Community College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at CVCC since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at CVCC is the associate's degree.
• In a recent academic period29% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Catawba Valley Community College?

Contact details for CVCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2550 Hwy 70 Se, Hickory, NC 28602-0699
Phone:	828-327-7000
Website:	www.cvcc.edu

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How Do I Get Into CVCC?

You can apply to CVCC online at: https://www1.cfnc.org/Applications/nc_community_college/apply.html?application_id=1487

Since Catawba Valley Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

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Catawba Valley Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,328 undergraduate students at CVCC, with 1,318 being full-time and 3,010 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,318 full-time undergraduates at CVCC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	117
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	190
White	860
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Catawba Valley Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	437	0	437
Business Administration & Management	95	32	5	132
Precision Metal Working	91	28	5	124
Health & Medical Administrative Services	59	22	5	86
Nursing	0	64	0	64
Computer Information Systems	42	8	9	59
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	35	0	17	52
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	37	5	9	51
Allied Health Professions	8	40	0	48
Accounting	22	7	4	33
Criminal Justice & Corrections	24	7	0	31
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	16	14	0	30
Audiovisual Communications	18	7	0	25
Cosmetology	0	0	24	24
Teacher Education Grade Specific	11	8	4	23
Horticulture	8	11	0	19
Computer Engineering Technology	12	5	0	17
Electronics Engineering Technology	13	3	0	16
Dental Support Services	0	15	0	15
Mechanical Engineering Technology	11	3	0	14
Security Science and Technology	5	9	0	14
Other Homeland Security	1	11	0	12
Human Development & Family Studies	11	0	0	11
Fire Protection	6	5	0	11
Design & Applied Arts	0	11	0	11
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	3	2	3	8
Health & Physical Education	1	6	0	7
Entrepreneurial Studies	4	1	0	5
Mental & Social Health Services	0	5	0	5
General Engineering	0	2	0	2
Homeland Security	0	2	0	2
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	0	0
Information Science	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	533	770	85	1,388

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.