Northern Virginia Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College can take you anywhere you want to go, including places you’ve never dreamed of. NOVA is a learning experience that is as unique as your goals, whether you’re interested in becoming a doctor, an auto mechanic, a research scientist or a chef! NOVA is home to students who come to us from many backgrounds. Our international student population (20%) represents more than 180 different countries. We serve, first-time, returning, and transfer students. Our students are full-time and part-time.
- Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, a regional Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth, the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the downtown Norfolk theater district, a regional Advanced Technology Center on its Virginia Beach Campus and the Regional Automotive Center in Chesapeake. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 46,000 students annually—the second largest undergraduate student body in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 35th largest community college in the nation, TCC is among the 50 fastest-growing large two-year institutions in the United States. The college’s economic impact on the South Hampton Roads region approaches half a billion dollars annually; it generates some 3100 jobs in the local economy.
Central Virginia Community College
- Earn an associate’s degree – and then transfer to one of Virginia’s four-year institutions – at less than half the average cost of tuition and fees at a four-year college. Or embark on a path to a new, rewarding career through workforce programs that provide technical preparation, career readiness certificates, and on-the-job training through apprenticeships. Twenty-three Virginia community colleges on 40 campuses deliver quality higher education and workforce training throughout the state, with programs and courses to serve the distinct demands of every region. Here you will find information on the programs offered by Virginia’s community colleges, as well as a gateway to information on each of the 23 colleges in the system.
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College — Virginia’s newest community college — was founded in 1972 to serve the capital region in and around the City of Richmond. Since then, Reynolds has grown into the third largest college in the Virginia Community College System, enrolling students at three major campuses, at 5 off-campus sites, and “virtually” through distance learning. The College currently offers 24 two-year occupational/technical degree programs, 9 occupational/technical certificate programs, 5 two-year college transfer programs, and 43 career studies certificate programs requiring less than one-year of full-time study. Having enrolled more than 308,423 persons in credit courses since its opening, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College continues to strive to meet the aspirations of its namesake to provide “a practical and economic answer to the future educational needs of thousands of …Virginians.”
Jefferson College of Health Sciences
- Jefferson College of Health Sciences is a professional health sciences college, offering the Master of Science in Nursing, Physician Assistant and Occupational Therapy and 10 baccalaureate and associate healthcare programs. With excellent licensure pass rates in our professional programs and high student satisfaction ratings, we are proud to be one of the few private healthcare colleges in the Southern region. Approximately 87 percent of our students receive some sort of financial aid. Academic merit scholarships and grants are also available from $1,000 to fulltuition awards ranging from first year only to renewable for four years.
Southside Virginia Community College
- Sometimes small is better. That’s how it is at Southside Virginia Community College. You’ll never be lost in the crowd or treated like a number on a computer printout. What you will find are faculty, staff and administrators who do their best for students of all ages to provide a quality educational program for transfer to four-year colleges and universities and an occupational-technical program to educate, train and retrain workers for Southside business and industry.
Southwest Virginia Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College is a two-year institution of higher education established as a part of a state-wide system of community colleges serving primarily the residents of the counties of Buchanan, Dickenson (partial), Russell and Tazewell. The College operates under policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and a Local College Board. The institution is financed primarily by State funds supplemented by contributions from the participating localities.The College operates on the semester system and is open on a year-round basis. Classes normally are held from 8:00 am through 9:50 pm. The availability of college credit courses in the evening allows the student who must work while going to college the opportunity to coordinate college activities with employment.
Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Highlands Community College was established on November 30, 1967 by action of the State Board for Community Colleges, and assigned a service region of Washington County, the western portion of Smyth County, and the city of Bristol, Virginia. Today it is one of 23 community colleges within the Virginia Community College System. During its first academic year, 1969-1970, VHCC began delivering the occupational-technical programs that formerly were offered by the Washington County Technical School. More than 300 students enrolled in the first Virginia Highlands classes, which were offered at night in the technical school’s facilities.
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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Founded in 1972 to serve the capitol region in and around the city of Richmond.
- The youngest and third largest of 23 community colleges in Virginia.
- Three campuses serve residents in the City of Richmond and the counties of Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan and Louisa.
Jefferson College of Health Science
- A professional health sciences college.
- Offerins the Master of Science in Nursing, Physician Assistant and Occupational Therapy and 10 baccalaureate and associate healthcare programs.
- Offers excellent clinical opportunities, extensive distance learning offerings, and continuing education and volunteer opportunities near campus and abroad.
Northern Virginia Community College
- Composed of six campuses and four centers located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
- The second largest multi-campus community college in the United States and the largest educational institution in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- More than 600 full-time faculty and 700 staff serve our students at NOVA.
Piedmont Virginia Community College
- A nonresidential two-year institution of higher education that serves Central Virginia.
- One of 23 community colleges in Virginia that comprise the Virginia Community College System (VCCS).
- PVCC employs 65 full-time instructional faculty members, 20 administrative and non-teaching faculty and 75 classified staff.
Southwest Virginia Community College
- Located in the southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Opened in 1968 and serves the counties of Buchanan, Dickenson (partial), Russell and Tazewell.
- Offers more than 80 programs of study leading to the associate degree, diploma, certificate or career studies certificate.
- The 15th highest associate-degree producer in the nation and the 35th largest community college.
- Among the 20 fastest-growing large two-year institutions in the United States.
- The largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads.
Virginia Commonwealth University
- One of the nation’s top research universities.
- Situated in the heart of Richmond, the capital of Virginia.
- An urban, comprehensive academic medical center in central Virginia.
Mountain Empire Community College
- A two-year college serving residents of Lee, Scott, Wise, and Dickenson counties, as well as the City of Norton.
- Operates under policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Local Advisory Board.
- The College is financed primarily with state funds supplemented by contributions from the participating localities.