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Danville Community College Overview

Located in Danville, Virginia, Danville Community College is a public institution. Danville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Danville Community College Known For?

910 Undergraduate Awards
  • The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at Danville Community College.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 34% of the faculty were full-time.

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Danville Community 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 Danville Community College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#2 Best Electronics Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Value Electronics Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#9 Most Popular Electronics Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#16 Most Popular Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#16 Most Popular Graphic Communications Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#24 Most Popular Electronics Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#79 Most Popular Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#107 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#110 Most Popular Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Danville Community College?

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Contact details for Danville Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1008 S Main St, Danville, VA 24541-4004
Phone: 434-797-2222

How Do I Get Into Danville Community College?

You can apply to Danville Community College online at: https://www.apply.vccs.edu/applications/vccs/apply.html?application_id=4083

As long as you submit the requested materials to Danville Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Danville Community College?

13% Take Out Loans
18.5% Loan Default Rate

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 Danville Community College, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $5,408 a year. That adds up to $21,632 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Danville Community College is 18.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Danville Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

903 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,411 undergraduate students at Danville Community College, with 903 being full-time and 1,508 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 903 full-time undergraduates at Danville Community College, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 11
Black or African American 236
Hispanic or Latino 47
White 552
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 54

Online Learning at Danville Community College

985 Took All Classes Online
1,434 Took At Least One Class Online
151.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,434 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 56th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Danville Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Danville Community College was 151.6%. This is the #335 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Danville Community College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Danville Community College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Danville Community College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Business Administration & Management #159
Business, Management & Marketing #202

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%.

Danville 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 94 118 212
Industrial Production Technology 52 34 6 92
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 44 0 21 65
Electronics Engineering Technology 39 0 22 61
Allied Health Professions 46 8 0 54
Design & Applied Arts 52 0 0 52
Precision Metal Working 1 0 40 41
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 36 0 0 36
Graphic Communications 16 0 16 32
Nursing 0 29 0 29
Business Administration & Management 6 19 0 25
Computer Information Systems 5 20 0 25
Human Development & Family Studies 15 8 0 23
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 0 0 22 22
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 6 0 13 19
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 19 0 0 19
Dental Support Services 18 0 0 18
Business Support & Assistant Services 2 11 3 16
Health & Medical Administrative Services 15 0 0 15
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 14 0 0 14
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 8 5 13
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 1 0 8 9
Construction 6 0 0 6
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 6 0 0 6
Information Technology 0 0 4 4
General Engineering 0 2 0 2
Food Processing 0 0 0 0
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Accounting 0 0 0 0
Hospitality Management 0 0 0 0
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0
General Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Culinary Arts 0 0 0 0
Woodworking 0 0 0 0
Air Transportation 0 0 0 0
Other Visual Art 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 399 233 278 910

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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