Health Professions at Southside Virginia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Southside Virginia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Southside Virginia Community College is located in Alberta, Virginia and has a total student population of 3,123.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Southside Virginia Community College Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Southside Virginia Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Southside Virginia Community College does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

Southside Virginia Community College Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Southside Virginia Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Southside Virginia Community College.

Southside Virginia Community College Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health professions at Southside Virginia Community College are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southside Virginia Community College with a associate's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southside Virginia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	44
Mental & Social Health Services	9

Related Majors

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Southside Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Nursing Assistants	39,320	$28,770
Personal Care Aides	39,030	$21,240
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.