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Catawba Valley Community College

2550 Hwy 70 SE, Hickory, NC 28602 · Public 2-year · (828) 327-7000 · School website

Average net price
$10,528
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
309
2023-24, IPEDS
Finish on time
35.2%
within 150% of normal time, Scorecard
Students with Pell
28.3%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On North Carolina's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Catawba Valley Community College

Catawba Valley Community College reported 309 certificate and associate completions in 10 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (122). College Scorecard counts 2,741 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
Welding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 122 Not published
Electrician Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 64 Not published
Automotive Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 45 Not published
IT support Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 40 Not published WIOA list
Cosmetology Certificate Not reported Not reported 17 $16,506 WIOA list
HVAC Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 6 Not published WIOA list
Billing and coding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 6 $27,562 WIOA list
Surgical tech Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 6 Not published WIOA list
EMT and paramedic Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 3 Not published WIOA list
Cybersecurity Associate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Catawba Valley Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$2,427
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$2,427
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$7,803
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$1,870
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$10,528
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
$4,938
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$36,977

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Catawba Valley Community College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Truck Driver TrainingCDL Class A · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 49.0205$3,9505 weeks, 40 hours a week84.6%89.5%$8,03826
Nursing Assistant I - Continuing EdEligible to sit for state exam and seek placement on the DHSR CNA I Registry · In person · CIP 51.3902$245+ $729 books8 weeks, 32 hours a week77.2%77.5%$6,626193
Dental Assisting Certificate ProgramDental Assistant I Certificate · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.0601$186+ $1,676 books24 weeks, 13 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Medical Assisting - Continuing EducationNHA-CCMA Certification · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.0801$576+ $1,030 books63 weeks, 7 hours a week66.7%100%$9,4029
Phlebotomy - Continuing EdStudents can sit for the American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians Certification Exam · In person · CIP 51.1009$316+ $305 books16 weeks, 10 hours a week76%84.5%$7,063104

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Catawba Valley Community College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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