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Virginia Community Colleges

There are 63 community colleges located throughout Virginia (25 public colleges and 38 private colleges), serving 232,551 students.

Virginia Community College by County:

Town	College	# Students
Abingdon	Virginia Highlands Community College (Public)	3,018
Alberta	Southside Virginia Community College (Public)	6,310
Alexandria	Global Health Nurse Training Services (Private for-profit)	315
Alexandria	TESST College of Technology-Alexandria (Private, for-profit)	n/a
Annandale	Northern Virginia Community College (Public)	48,671
Annandale	Westwood College-Annandale (Private for-profit)	523
Arlington	Everest College-Arlington (Arlington - 22203) (Private for-profit)	751
Arlington	Westwood College-Arlington Ballston (Private for-profit)	520
Arlington	ACT College (Private for-profit)	399
Big Stone Gap	Mountain Empire Community College (Public)	3,500
Bristol	Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College (Private for-profit)	85
Charlottesville	Piedmont Virginia Community College (Public)	5,549
Chesapeake	Centura College (Chesapeake) (Private for-profit)	212
Chesapeake	Everest College-Chesapeake (Private for-profit)	895
Chesapeake	Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chesapeake (Private for-profit)	247
Chester	John Tyler Community College (Public)	10,564
Clifton Forge	Dabney S Lancaster Community College (Public)	1,438
Danville	Danville Community College (Public)	4,500
Dublin	New River Community College (Public)	5,229
Fairfax	Columbia College (Fairfax) (Private for-profit)	290
Falls Church	Stratford University (Private, for-profit)	1,468
Falls Church	Sanz School (Private for-profit)	1,130
Franklin	Paul D Camp Community College (Public)	1,675
Fredericksburg	Career Training Solutions (Private for-profit)	300
Glenns	Rappahannock Community College (Public)	3,532
Hampton	Thomas Nelson Community College (Public)	9,212
Locust Grove	Germanna Community College (Public)	7,313
Lynchburg	Central Virginia Community College (Public)	5,690
Lynchburg	Miller-Motte Technical College (Lynchburg) (Private for-profit)	463
Manassas	Heritage Institute-Manassas (Private for-profit)	327
Martinsville	Patrick Henry Community College (Public)	3,278
Mclean	Everest College-McLean (Private for-profit)	436
Melfa	Eastern Shore Community College (Public)	1,052
Middletown	Lord Fairfax Community College (Public)	6,830
Newport News	Centura College (Newport News) (Private for-profit)	250
Newport News	Everest College-Newport News (Private for-profit)	704
Norfolk	Fortis College (Norfolk) (Private for-profit)	365
Norfolk	Centura College (Norfolk) (Private for-profit)	380
Norfolk	ITT Technical Institute-Norfolk (Private for-profit)	1,424
Norfolk	Johnson & Wales University-Norfolk (Private, non-profit)	n/a
Norfolk	Tidewater Community College (Public)	32,336
Petersburg	Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary (Public)	1,599
Richlands	Southwest Virginia Community College (Public)	2,850
Richmond	ITT Technical Institute-Richmond (Private, for-profit)	659
Richmond	Bryant and Stratton College-Richmond (Private for-profit)	926
Richmond	ECPI Technical College (Private, for-profit)	605
Richmond	J Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Public)	12,545
Richmond	MedSpa Careers Institute (Private for-profit)	10
Richmond	Centura College (Richmond - 23235) (Private for-profit)	299
Richmond	Richmond School of Health and Technology (Private for-profit)	552
Richmond	Fortis College (Richmond) (Private for-profit)	412
Richmond	Centura College (Richmond - 23294) (Private for-profit)	200
Roanoke	Virginia Western Community College (Public)	8,927
Roanoke	Skyline College (Roanoke) (Private for-profit)	450
Salem	National College-Salem (Private for-profit)	4,502
Springfield	ITT Technical Institute-Springfield (Private, for-profit)	685
Vienna	Sanford-Brown College (Vienna) (Private for-profit)	1,033
Virginia Beach	Bryant and Stratton College-Virginia Beach (Public)	835
Virginia Beach	ECPI College of Technology (Private for-profit)	12,800
Virginia Beach	Advanced Technology Institute (Private for-profit)	900
Virginia Beach	Centura College (Virginia Beach) (Private for-profit)	1,639
Weyers Cave	Blue Ridge Community College (Weyers Cave) (Public)	4,956
Wytheville	Wytheville Community College (Public)	3,986

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A Degree Program sans Textbooks? One Community College Says Yes

Published April 10, 2013
We report on a first-of-its-kind degree program introduced by Tidewater Community College that is 100 percent textbook-free. We also explore ways to save on textbook costs – for students that don’t live near the Tidewater campus.
Community College Partnering with India Foundation to Bring Skills-Based Training Overseas

Published January 21, 2012
The community college system in Virginia will be promoting skills-based education in India, as a partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation.

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