by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Danville Community College was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is industrial production technology.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Danville Community College is ranked #1,720 out of 2,198 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Danville Community College held the #1,763 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 61 colleges in Virginia, Danville Community College is ranked at #44.
If you are worried about getting into Danville Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Danville Community College, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Danville Community College is 47%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Danville Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,411 undergraduates at Danville Community College with 903 being full-time and 1,508 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,548 | $6,262 | $8,630 | $10,343 | $8,851 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Danville Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Danville Community College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,107 a year. That adds up to $16,428 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Danville Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1008 S Main St, Danville, VA 24541-4004 |
| Phone: | 434-797-2222 |
| Website: | https://www.danville.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 187 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 64 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 63 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 51 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 42 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 41 | NA |
| Nursing | 40 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 39 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 35 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 26 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,063 students took at least one online class at Danville Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,139 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,063 | 469 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,139 | 544 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,434 | 985 |
| 2018-2019 | 716 | 151 |
Learn more about online learning at Danville Community College.
Footnotes
*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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