Diablo Valley College (DVC) is a two-year community
college located in Pleasant Hill in
Contra Costa County, California.The college is one of three publicly supported two-year community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District (along with Contra Costa College and Los Medanos College), and was first opened in 1949. Current enrollment is 26,000 students and it has
300 full-time and 370 part-time instructors.Diablo Valley College has a well-regarded academic reputation, and is a popular choice for students to complete lower-division
college requirements for oft-times overcrowded universities: DVC is ranked number one in transfers to four-year institutions in
the state, ahead of all other California community colleges. DVC also offers a variety of occupational specialties, including
hotel/restaurant management, culinary arts, dental technology, and real estate.DVC has satellite centers in San Ramon and Walnut Creek and also offers classes in other facilities
in Concord, Martinez, Danville, and San
Ramon.The college officially began in 1949, and was then called
East Contra Costa Junior College. The college moved to its
permanent campus in 1952, and changed its name to Diablo Valley College in 1958.