Diablo Valley College Business Programs

Located in Pleasant Hill, California, Diablo Valley College is a public institution. Diablo Valley is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Diablo Valley 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 Diablo Valley.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Most Popular Economics Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Diablo Valley College?

Contact details for Diablo Valley are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	321 Golf Club Rd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone:	925-685-1230
Website:	www.dvc.edu

How Do I Get Into Diablo Valley?

You can apply to Diablo Valley online at: https://www.dvc.edu/future/steps/index.html

Since Diablo Valley 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 Diablo Valley College?

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 Diablo Valley, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,646 a year. That adds up to $22,584 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Diablo Valley is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Diablo Valley College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,693 undergraduate students at Diablo Valley, with 6,709 being full-time and 11,984 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,709 full-time undergraduates at Diablo Valley, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,197
Black or African American	232
Hispanic or Latino	1,647
White	1,790
International Students	406
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,437

Over 90 countries are represented at Diablo Valley. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Indonesia.

Online Learning at Diablo Valley College

In 2019-2020, 7,768 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 40th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Diablo Valley

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Diablo Valley College was 3.5%. This is the #1,419 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Diablo Valley regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Diablo Valley 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 Diablo Valley.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#263
General Business/Commerce	#338
General Business/Commerce	#338

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%.

Diablo Valley College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	42	189	231
General Economics	0	98	98
General Business/Commerce	20	43	63
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	29	13	42
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	14	0	14
Real Estate	7	0	7
Small Business Administration/Management	5	0	5
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	5	5
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0
TOTAL	117	348	465

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.