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 8,030 students (17% of students are full-time).
Minority enrollment is 80% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 68%.
Top Rankings
Cedar Valley College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Texas for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
School Overview
The teacher population of 132 teachers has stayed relatively flat 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 | 132 staff | 121 staff |
Source: 2019 (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).
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