Piedmont Virginia Community College Overview

Piedmont Virginia Community College is a public institution situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Piedmont Virginia Community College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at PVCC.
• In a recent academic period32% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Piedmont Virginia Community College?

Contact details for PVCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	501 College Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22902-7589
Phone:	434-977-3900
Website:	www.pvcc.edu

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How Do I Get Into PVCC?

You can apply to PVCC online at: https://www.apply.vccs.edu/applications/vccs/apply.html?application_id=4092

Piedmont Virginia Community 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 Piedmont Virginia Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At PVCC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,380 a year. That adds up to $17,520 over four years for those students.

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Piedmont Virginia Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,864 undergraduate students at PVCC, with 1,233 being full-time and 3,631 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,233 full-time undergraduates at PVCC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	61
Black or African American	127
Hispanic or Latino	108
White	793
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	129

Over 17 countries are represented at PVCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Nigeria, and South Korea.

Piedmont Virginia 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	187	77	264
Allied Health Professions	152	32	0	184
Nursing	0	69	0	69
Business Administration & Management	0	53	0	53
General Engineering	0	26	0	26
Biological & Physical Science	0	22	0	22
Human Development & Family Studies	19	0	0	19
Computer Information Systems	4	14	0	18
Computer Science	0	18	0	18
Criminal Justice & Corrections	10	7	0	17
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	16	0	16
Health & Medical Administrative Services	9	0	6	15
Culinary Arts	6	8	0	14
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	12	12
General Education	0	11	0	11
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	0	8	0	8
Accounting	0	7	0	7
Electronics Engineering Technology	7	0	0	7
Business Support & Assistant Services	5	0	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	4	0	0	4
Computer Software & Applications	2	0	0	2
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	218	478	95	791

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.