Virginia Highlands Community College Overview

Located in Abingdon, Virginia, Virginia Highlands Community College is a public institution. Abingdon is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Virginia Highlands Community College Known For?

• The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at VHCC.
• In 2021-2022, 28% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Virginia Highlands Community College?

Contact details for VHCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Vhcc Drive, Abingdon, VA 24212-0828
Phone:	276-739-2400
Website:	www.vhcc.edu

How Do I Get Into VHCC?

You can apply to VHCC online at: https://www.apply.vccs.edu/applications/vccs/apply.html?application_id=4097

As long as you submit the requested materials to Virginia Highlands Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Virginia Highlands Community College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At VHCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $2,681 a year. That adds up to $10,724 over four years for those students.

Virginia Highlands Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,451 undergraduate students at VHCC, with 955 being full-time and 1,496 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 955 full-time undergraduates at VHCC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Virginia Highlands Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	859
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

Online Learning at Virginia Highlands Community College

In 2022-2023, 1,337 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at VHCC has changed over the last few years.

Virginia Highlands Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	126	164	290
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	41	23	12	76
Nursing	0	64	0	64
Allied Health Professions	6	25	27	58
Precision Metal Working	38	3	0	41
Health & Medical Administrative Services	24	0	0	24
Mental & Social Health Services	10	11	2	23
Industrial Production Technology	21	1	0	22
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	2	0	20	22
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	13	6	0	19
Criminal Justice & Corrections	6	9	0	15
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	11	0	0	11
Horticulture	2	4	0	6
Business Administration & Management	0	5	0	5
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	4	1	5
Environmental Control Technology	0	0	5	5
Accounting	0	3	0	3
Computer Information Systems	1	2	0	3
Electronics Engineering Technology	3	0	0	3
Human Development & Family Studies	3	0	0	3
American Sign Language	3	0	0	3
Hospitality Management	1	0	0	1
Air Transportation	1	0	0	1
Music	1	0	0	1
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	187	286	231	704

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.