Catawba Valley Community College maintains campuses in Catawba and Alexander Counties. The CVCC Alexander Center is located on Industrial Blvd. off Highway 16. For directions to the Alexander Center click here

Located on the CVCC East Campus, is the Hickory Metro Higher Education Center (HMHEC). The HMHEC serves as the site for many of Appalachian's off-campus programs.

For directions to the Hickory Metropolitan Higher Education Center click here

Appalachian Learning Alliance Undergraduate Degree-Completion Programs:

• Bachelor of Social Work degree (began Fall 2006)
• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (began Spring 2006)
• Bachelor of Science in Child Development: Birth - Kindergarten (began Fall 2005)
• Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education (began Fall 2006)
• RN - BSN in Nursing (began Spring 2007 and another is proposed to begin in Spring 2008)

Graduate Degree Programs:

• Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership (began Fall 2007)
• Educational Specialist (EdS) in Higher Education (began Summer 2008)
• Educational Specialist (EdS) in Educational Administration (began Summer 2008)
• Master of Arts in Community Counseling: Addictions Counseling (began Fall 2005)
• Master of Arts in Elementary Education (began Fall 2006)
• Master of Arts in English in Secondary Education or Community College Teaching (began Fall 2006)
• Master of Arts in Higher Education, Adult Education (began Fall 2004)
• Master of Arts in History (began Fall 2006)
• Master of Arts in Instructional Technology--Computers, K-12 (began Spring 2007 and another is proposed to begin in Spring 2008)
• Master of Arts in Instructional Technology--Computers, General (began Spring 2007)
• Master of Arts in Middle Grades Education (proposed for Fall 2008)
• Master of Arts in Special Education (began Summer 2005)
• Master of Arts in Reading Education (began Fall 2005)
• Master of Business Administration--MBA (began Fall 2006)
• Master of Library Science (began Spring 2006)
• Master of School Administration (began Summer 2007 at the CVCC Alexander Center)
• Master of Science in Criminal Justice & Criminology (began Fall 2007)
• Master of Public Administration--MPA (began Fall 2006)
• Master of Social Work--MSW (began Spring 2007)
  
  Licensure or Graduate Studies:
  
• Licensure in Business Education [For more information contact Dr. Charlene Sox at soxcw@appstate.edu]