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Diablo Valley College is one of three publicly supported two-year community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District. The main campus is located off Interstate 680 in Pleasanton, California and twenty miles east of UC Berkeley. DVC has satellite centers in San Ramon and Walnut Creek and also offers classes in other facilities in Concord, Martinez and Danville.

The college officially began in 1949, in some of the most unlikely sites: high schools, banks, churches, even an old army camp. Called East Contra Costa Junior College, they moved to their present site in 1952. The cornerstone for the first permanent building was laid in 1953, and the name Diablo Valley College was adopted in 1958.

More than 2600 courses are offered in more than 57 occupational specialties.

DVC is located in PleasantonPleasant Hill, Contra Costa County, CA, and has a total enrollment of about 22,000. The programs lead to Associate of Arts or associate of Science degrees.

Location: 321 Golf Club Rd, Pleasant Hill California 94523 Telephone 510-685-1230

Other Education nearby:
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(Oakland) Academy of Chinese Culture
(San Francisco) Alexander Training Inst. of San Francisc
(Berkeley) American Baptist Seminary of the West
(San Francisco) American College of Chinese Medicine

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