by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Virginia Western Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked Virginia Western Community College as #1,863 out of 2,198 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Virginia Western Community College held the #1,931 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 61 colleges in Virginia, Virginia Western Community College is ranked at #48.
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If you are worried about getting into Virginia Western Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Virginia Western Community College is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Virginia Western Community College is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Virginia Western Community College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,738 undergraduates at Virginia Western Community College with 1,654 being full-time and 4,084 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,284 | $5,928 | $6,659 | $9,318 | $10,921 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Virginia Western Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Virginia Western Community College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,361 a year. That adds up to $17,444 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Virginia Western Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3094 Colonial Ave, Roanoke, VA 24015 |
| Phone: | 540-857-8922 |
| Website: | virginiawestern.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 122 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 105 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 100 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 67 | NA |
| Nursing | 67 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 64 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 60 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 59 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 54 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 49 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,907 students took at least one online class at Virginia Western Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,115 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,907 | 1,412 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,115 | 1,534 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,768 | 2,448 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,992 | 706 |
Learn more about online learning at Virginia Western Community College.
Footnotes
*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.
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