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Catawba Valley Community College is a public institution located in Hickory, North Carolina. Hickory is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

1,207 Full-Time Undergraduates
$2,128 Avg In-State Tuition

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

Can I Afford CVCC?

$2,128 In-State Tuition
1% Take Out Loans
4.8% Loan Default Rate
For the <nil> academic year, part-time CVCC students paid $76 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $268 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $2,128 $7,504
Fees $239 $239
Books and Supplies $1,900 $1,900

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 CVCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $6,560 a year. That adds up to $26,240 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CVCC is 4.8%. 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.

Catawba Valley Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,207 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,168 undergraduate students at CVCC, with 1,207 being full-time and 2,961 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,207 full-time undergraduates at CVCC, 46% are male and 54% 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 94
Black or African American 80
Hispanic or Latino 174
White 783
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 61

Online Learning at Catawba Valley Community College

2,413 Took All Classes Online
3,677 Took At Least One Class Online
85.2% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,677 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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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 #384 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CVCC 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.

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