by our College Data Analytics Team
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Southside Virginia Community College was awarded 30 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental & social health services.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Southside Virginia Community College is ranked #294 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southside Virginia Community College held the #1,071 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southside Virginia Community College also holds the #12 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
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Southside Virginia Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio at Southside Virginia Community College is 24 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southside Virginia Community College is 32%. 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 Southside Virginia Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,123 undergraduates at Southside Virginia Community College with 994 being full-time and 2,129 being part-time.
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 Southside Virginia Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
See which majors at Southside Virginia Community College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Southside Virginia Community College.
Contact details for Southside Virginia Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 109 Campus Drive, Alberta, VA 23821 |
| Phone: | 888-220-7822 |
| Website: | https://www.southside.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 487 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 103 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 63 | NA |
| Nursing | 53 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 39 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 30 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 29 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 27 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 19 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 16 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,572 students took at least one online class at Southside Virginia Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,739 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,572 | 883 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,739 | 983 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,833 | 1,018 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,148 | 452 |
Learn more about online learning at Southside Virginia 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.
References
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