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Located in Hickory, North Carolina, Catawba Valley Community College is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

304 Undergraduate Degrees

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Catawba Valley Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CVCC.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#35 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Catawba Valley Community College?

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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

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

Catawba Valley 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 Catawba Valley Community College?

3% Take Out Loans
14.4% Loan Default Rate

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 CVCC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,145 a year. That adds up to $16,580 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CVCC is 14.4%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Catawba Valley Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,318 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,328 undergraduate students at CVCC, with 1,318 being full-time and 3,010 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

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

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

Online Learning at Catawba Valley Community College

3,702 Took All Classes Online
4,102 Took At Least One Class Online
85.2% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 4,102 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 58th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of CVCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Catawba Valley Community College was 85.2%. This is the #412 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CVCC regardless of major.

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

Major Growth Rate Rank
Entrepreneurship #28
Entrepreneurial Studies #41

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%.

Catawba Valley Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 177 24 16 217
Accounting and Finance 35 5 8 48
Office Administration 9 3 16 28
Entrepreneurship 5 3 0 8
Accounting 0 3 0 3
TOTAL 226 38 40 304

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.

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