Career Programs at VHCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Virginia Highlands Community College is $10,866 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Virginia Highlands Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

67% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,411 (exclude student loans).

VHCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$10,866
Average Financial Amount	$4,411

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Virginia Highlands Community College offers 46 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 675 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Virginia Highlands Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	29	130
2 Years Certificate	15	223
4 Years Certificate	2	1
Total	46	675

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

130 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
223 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
321 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	0	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Corrections	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	14	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Electrician	✕	13	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	18	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	21	-
Precision Metal Working (other)	✕	7	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)	✕	18	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	0	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	3	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	130

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	4	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	125 completers	$19,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	125	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Electrician	✕	18	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	16	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Precision Metal Working (other)	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	✕	24	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	2	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	14	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	3	-
Accounting and Related Services (other)	✕	3	-
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services (other)	✕	4	-
	Total	223

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Precision Metal Working (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	1

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	7	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	125 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	125	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	14	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Electrician	✕	25	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	16	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Precision Metal Working (other)	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	4	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	10	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	12	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	80	-
Business [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	4	-
Accounting and Related Services (other)	✕	4	-
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services (other)	✕	10	-
	Total	321

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 2,068 students are attending at Virginia Highlands Community College. There are 36 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 87 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 94 (full-time) and 121 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Virginia Highlands Community College is 43% and transfer-out rate is 6%. The retention rate is 57% at the school.

VHCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	2,068
Graduation Rate	43%
Number of Faculty	123
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

Student Population at VHCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,451 students enrolled into Virginia Highlands Community College. By gender, 917 male and 1,534 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Virginia Highlands Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Virginia Highlands Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,451	917	1,534
Full-time	955	414	541
Part-tme	1,496	503	993

There are 2,202 White (89.84%), 47 Black/African American (1.92%), 72 Hispanic (2.94%), 18 Asian (0.73%), and 183 students with other races attending Virginia Highlands Community College. 2 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Virginia Highlands Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,451	917	1,534
American Indian/Native American	6	3	3
Asian	18	5	13
Black/African American	47	21	26
Hispanic	72	26	46
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	2,202	812	1,390
Two More	65	29	36
Un-Known	38	21	17
Non-resident Alien	2	0	2

Virginia Highlands Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

546 students (22.28% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 930 students (37.94% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Virginia Highlands Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Virginia Highlands Community College
	Number of Students
Total	2,451
Enrolled Online Exclusively	546
Enrolled Some Online Courses	930
Not in Online Courses	975

By age range, at Virginia Highlands Community College, 477 students are aged 20 to 24 (19.46% of total students), 1,253 students are aged below 20 (51.12%), 63 students are aged above 50 (4.32%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Virginia Highlands Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,451	917	1,534
Under 18	737	266	471
Age 18-19	516	252	264
Age 20-21	278	112	166
Age 22-24	199	73	126
Age 25-29	216	64	152
Age 30-34	177	56	121
Age 35-39	113	35	78
Age 40-49	152	37	115
Age 50-64	53	16	37
Over 64	10	6	4

Directory and Accreditation Information

Virginia Highlands Community College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1972 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Virginia Highlands Community College.

100 VHCC Drive, Abingdon, VA

276-739-2400

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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