Cedar Valley College
Tel:
(972) 860-8201
- The mission of Cedar Valley College is to provide quality learning that prepares students for success in a dynamic world.
School Highlights
Cedar Valley College serves 8,786 students (18% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 23:1 is higher than the state community college average of 17:1.
Minority enrollment is 86% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 71%.
Top Rankings
Cedar Valley College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Texas for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
School Overview
The teacher population of 377 teachers has grown by 199% over five years.
| Cedar Valley College | (TX) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Nontraditional | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Traditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 377 staff | 262 staff |
| School Calendar | Link to School Calendar | |
Source: 2020 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Cedar Valley College and North Lake College opened in 1977. Brookhaven, the final college in the seven-college master plan, opened in 1978. Cedar Valley College is located on more than 300 acres in southern Dallas County. Cedar Valley's award winning architecture and careful attention to landscaping have given the college a reputation for being one of the most scenic business sites in the Dallas area. The campus plan takes advantage of the site's natural beauty, which includes a gazebo and a pedestrian walk along two sides of a 17-acre lake. Cedar Valley has a 350-seat performance hall, gymnasium, baseball field, and a surgery facility and barn for the Veterinary Technology program. Cedar Valley College is located in southern Dallas County. It's one of seven colleges in the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). More than 4,000 students benefit from its comprehensive curriculum, which includes for credit academic transfer career programs and non-credit continuing education courses such as real estate, computer technology, foreign language and music. Cedar Valley College offers a wide range of degrees and certificate programs to choose from and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Cedar Valley College is Mountain View College (10.4 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Mountain View CollegePublic12,210 students | 10.40 Mi4849 West Illinois Ave.
Dallas, TX 75211
(214) 860-8680 10.4012,210 - El Centro CollegePublic12,947 students | 10.90 Mi801 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 860-2037 10.9012,947 - 254 students | 11.30 Mi3909 S Buckner Blvd
Dallas, TX 75227
(214) 388-5466 11.30254 - Wade CollegePrivate for-profit182 students | 12.40 Mi1950 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 4080 Dallas INFOMART
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 637-3530 12.40182 - 129 students | 13.30 Mi2600 Stemmons Fwy Ste 117
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 638-0484 13.30129
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