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Danville Community College

Danville, Virginia·Public, 2-year·Southeast·danville.edu
6-yr Graduation
39%
—
Total enrollment
2,465
peer median 2,530
Avg net price
$6,669
+$523 vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
39%
Full-time retention
65%

Pell equity

13.8pp gap
Pell recipients
34%53 of 155
Non-Pell (all)
48%44 of 92
Subsidized loan, no Pell
40%4 of 10
No Federal Aid
49%40 of 82

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.8-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 38 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
38
Passing
5
13.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
5.3% of portfolio
Fail rate
5.3%
+4.7pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

38programs
  • Passing5 · 13.2%
  • No Data31 · 81.6%
  • Failing2 · 5.3%

Severity spectrum

Critical
2
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
2
No data
31

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

7
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Associate Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
-23.2%
$27,615 vs $35,969
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
-17.3%
$29,751 vs $35,969
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+3.8%
$37,324 vs $35,969
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+15.6%
$41,596 vs $35,969
Computer and Information Sciences General
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+16.2%
$41,806 vs $35,969
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
+90.0%
$68,329 vs $35,969
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+91.8%
$68,980 vs $35,969

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+3.8%
+$1,355

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
16%
$6,650 debt · $41,596 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
14%
$9,750 debt · $68,980 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1970Next review Jun 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 5

  1. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Apr 2025Initial Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  3. Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2021Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2017Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$5,343
$30–48k$6,752
$48–75k$7,687
$75–110k$10,633
$110k+$12,898

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$6,669
+$523vs Community College median $6,146
Federal loans
4.0%
In-state tuition
$4,992
Out-of-state
$11,430

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,152 students received $5.7M in Pell grants, alongside $581K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,152
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.7M
$5,664,941 total
Direct Loans
$581K
162 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$236K
72 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$345K
90 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 195 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (5.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.1%
+2.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
195
Defaulted
10
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
16.5%
2017
18.5%
2018
12.0%
2019
5.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Danville Community College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs42
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

262 total completions
01Liberal Arts
12848.9%
02Engineering Tech
3413.0%
03Family/Consumer Sci
3212.2%
04Health Professions
269.9%
05Computer Sciences
197.3%
06Business
145.3%
07Security/Protective
72.7%
08Engineering
20.8%
09Mechanic
00.0%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,465
12-mo unduplicated
3,198
Undergraduate
3,198
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
39%1,251
Women
61%1,947

Race / ethnicity composition

White
51.1%
Black
36.0%
Hispanic
7.3%
Two or more
2.9%
Unknown
1.5%
Asian
0.5%
Non-resident
0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
22
22 M · 0 W
Women athletes
0.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$54K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
—
Recruiting expense
$523
—
Head-coach salaries
$9K
—
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 1

Baseball
22 M · —
$47K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 2,489 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    22.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    50

    Danville Community College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Danville Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectDanville Community College
    		39%—2,465$6,669Community College
    Mountain Empire Community College
    		——2,116$8,852Community College
    New River Community College
    		——4,254$6,279Community College
    Laurel Ridge Community College
    		——5,902$6,013Community College
    Lenoir Community College
    		——2,591$4,127Community College
    Stanly Community College
    		——2,468$5,721Community College
    Peer group median39%—2,530$6,146

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    Explore the federal data for institutions in Danville Community College's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Danville Community College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Center for Organizational Excellence and Data Analytics (COEDA)
    Phone
    434-797-8576
    Address
    1008 South Main Street, Danville, VA 24541

    The mission of the Center for Organizational Excellence and Data Analytics (COEDA) is to inspire innovation, excellence, and data-informed decision making at DCC. COEDA exists to build capacity for a culture of evidence and continuous improvement and promote institutional effectiveness, productivity, and efficiency.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    4 members
    • David Klocek
      Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
    • Liz Cervantes
      Research Analyst & Assessment Coordinator
    • Mark Rutledge
      Information Systems Specialist
    • Tamela Adams
      Online Student Coordinator, SSDL Liaison

    Frequently asked questions about Danville Community College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Danville Community College.

    What is the graduation rate at Danville Community College?

    Danville Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 39% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Danville Community College?

    Danville Community College reports a total enrollment of 2,465 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Danville Community College?

    The average net price at Danville Community College is $6,669 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Danville Community College located?

    Danville Community College is located in Danville, Virginia 24541-4004.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Danville Community College?

    Danville Community College's IR work is done by the Center for Organizational Excellence and Data Analytics (COEDA).

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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