Virginia Community Colleges

There are 55 community colleges located throughout Virginia (28 public colleges and 27 private colleges), serving 223,139 students.
For Virginia community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $4,711 per year for in-state students and $10,146 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $15,378 per year (view national tuition costs).
The average community college acceptance rate in Virginia is 83% (view national acceptance rates).
Virginia community colleges have a diversity score of 0.62, which is lower than the national average of 0.66 (view national diversity statistics).
Minority enrollment is 43% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 36:1.

PHCC's beautiful campus...this is the view of West Hall.

Salem Virginia Campus located in the beautiful Roanoke Valley.

Student by Ethnicity

(VA) School Average

Asian

Hispanic

Black

22%

White

57%

Hawaiian

Two or more races

Non Resident

Unknown

VA All Ethnic Groups Ethnicity Breakdown

Virginia Community Colleges by Town:

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