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Catawba Valley Community College

Hickory, NCPublic SACSCOC

Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, North Carolina lists associate degrees in Criminal Justice and Criminal Justice-Forensic Science, plus a Basic Law Enforcement Training certificate. The college catalog was not readable (bot challenge), so credits and award titles are unverified.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (2 associate). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Catawba Valley Community College

Criminal Justice Technology

AssociateDedicated degreeAssociate degree
Format: Campus · Hybrid
Location: Hickory, NC
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $76 per credit · In-state — North Carolina resident · Effective Fall 2026
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Catawba Valley Community College

Associate degree — Forensic Science Concentration

AssociateConcentrationCJ with forensic focusAssociate degree
Format: Campus · Hybrid
Location: Hickory, NC
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $76 per credit · In-state — North Carolina resident · Effective Fall 2026
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOC
Subjects: Criminal Justice · Forensic Science
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Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1969 · next review 12/01/2030

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

None of this school's listed programs appears in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.

Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is FEPAC-accredited — FEPAC accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program FEPAC lists.

Online student services

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Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) (Certificate)Certificate / training program, not an academic degree.Source: cvcc.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Catawba Valley Community College
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
2550 Hwy 70 SE, Hickory, NC 28602-0699
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,897 of 4,413 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 24, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. cvcc.edu/programs/community-development-public-services-education/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  2. cvcc.edu/programs/community-development-public-services-education/criminal-justice-technology/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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