Virginia Highlands Community College Business Programs

Virginia Highlands Community College is a public institution situated in Abingdon, Virginia. Abingdon is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Virginia Highlands Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at VHCC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#96	Most Popular Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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://apply.vccs.edu/oa/launch.action

Virginia Highlands Community College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Virginia Highlands Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At VHCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,816 a year. That adds up to $15,264 over four years for those students.

Virginia Highlands Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,086 undergraduate students at VHCC, with 843 being full-time and 1,243 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 843 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	5
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	769
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Online Learning at Virginia Highlands Community College

In 2019-2020, 1,649 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.

Online Growth Rankings of VHCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Virginia Highlands Community College was 71.0%. This is the #452 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at VHCC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Virginia Highlands Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	10	4	14
Other Accounting and Related Services	4	3	7
Interior Design Management	4	3	7
Agricultural Business	0	0	0
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	18	10	28

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.