Central Virginia Community College Overview

Central Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Central Virginia Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Central Virginia Community College is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at Central Virginia Community College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 29% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Central Virginia Community College?

Contact details for Central Virginia Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3506 Wards Rd, Lynchburg, VA 24502-2498
Phone:	434-832-7600
Website:	www.centralvirginia.edu

How Do I Get Into Central Virginia Community College?

You can apply to Central Virginia Community College online at: www.apply.vccs.edu/applications/vccs/apply.html?application_id=4081

Since Central Virginia 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.

Can I Afford Central Virginia Community 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 Central Virginia Community College, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,093 a year. That adds up to $16,372 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Central Virginia Community College is 2.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Central Virginia Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,464 undergraduate students at Central Virginia Community College, with 1,061 being full-time and 2,403 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,061 full-time undergraduates at Central Virginia Community College, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Central Virginia Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	29
Black or African American	157
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	722
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	96

Over 10 countries are represented at Central Virginia Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at Central Virginia Community College

In 2020-2021, 1,856 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Central Virginia Community College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Central Virginia Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Central Virginia Community College was 89.6%. This is the #453 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Central Virginia Community 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%.

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.