Piedmont Virginia Community College

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Piedmont Virginia Community College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1972
Parent institution	VCCS
Accreditation	SACSCOC
President	Jean Runyon[1]
Students	5,312 (fall 2019)[2]
Location	Charlottesville , Virginia , United States 38°00′23″N78°29′06″W / 38.0063054°N 78.4848792°W /38.0063054; -78.4848792
Campus	Suburban
Colors	[3]
Nickname	Panthers
Mascot	Pouncer the Panther
Website	www.pvcc.edu

Piedmont Virginia Community College(PVCC) is apubliccommunity collegeinCharlottesville, Virginia. It offersassociate degrees, certificates,continuing education, andworkforce training. The campus is located inAlbemarle County, Virginia, south ofCharlottesville. As part of the statewideVirginia Community College System, PVCC serves the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. PVCC was chartered in 1972. PVCC has been accredited since 1974 by theCommission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schoolsto award associate degrees.^[4]

PVCC's main campus is 501 College Drive in Charlottesville, Virginia. It consists of the Main Building, the V. Earl Dickinson Building for Humanities and Social Sciences, the Keats Science Building, and the Stultz Center for Business and Career Development.

PVCC opened a center in Stanardsville, Virginia, in August 2012. The PVCC Eugene Giuseppe Center occupies the second floor of the Greene County Library building and holds classrooms, labs, a community meeting room, and other facilities. The college began offering classes there in the fall of 2012.

PVCC also opened a center in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, in January 2013. PVCC is housed on the ground floor in the historicJefferson Schoolbuilding. The college offers day and evening classes at this facility and has introduced a new associate degree program in culinary arts hosted there since 2013.^[5]

In 2020, PVCC enrolled 5,684 undergraduates, 79% part-time.^[6]

PVCC offers degrees and certificates to complete in two years or less, as well as degrees that prepare students for transfer to four-year schools to complete a bachelor's degree. Associate degrees generally take two years of full-time study to complete and require 60-72 credit hours. Certificates and Career Studies Certificates require 9-46 credit hours and one or two semesters to complete.^{[citation needed]}

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