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Virginia Highlands Community College

Abingdon, Virginia Public 2-year Small suburb

Overview

Located in Abingdon, Virginia, Virginia Highlands Community College is a public two-year institution. The campus sits in a small suburban area. It enrolled 2,082 students in fall 2024. It is part of Virginia Community College System.

Virginia Highlands Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 48 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. It awarded 536 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 60% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,082
Students enrolled
60%
First-year retention
536
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
48
Programs and majors
17:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 48

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 4
Health Professions 11
Precision Production 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Construction Trades 1
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Engineering Technologies 5
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Engineering 1
Education 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Social Sciences 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
60%
First-year retention, part-time students
42%
Student-to-faculty ratio
17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
264
Certificates under 1 year
177
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
95

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,082
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,082
Full-time, fall 2024
33%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,839
Full-time, 2024-25
27%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
64%
Men
36%
White
87%
Hispanic or Latino
4%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
28%
Students taking some online courses
45%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Virginia Community College System
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
President
Dr. Adam Hutchison
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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