Academic Life at Virginia Peninsula Community College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Virginia Peninsula Community College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

30 Majors With Completions

22:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

26% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty & Class Sizes

At 22 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Virginia Peninsula Community College is above the national average of 15 to 1. At Virginia Peninsula Community College, 26% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Virginia Peninsula Community College can choose from 30 majors with reported graduates spanning 15 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Virginia Peninsula Community College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Virginia Peninsula Community College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	167
Social Sciences, General	156
Business Administration, Management and Operations	95
Biological and Physical Sciences	89
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	66

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Virginia Peninsula Community College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Virginia Peninsula Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 3,672 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (58% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Virginia Peninsula Community College

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

Academic Majors at Virginia Peninsula Community College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Virginia Peninsula Community College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation & Retention at Virginia Peninsula Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Virginia Peninsula Community College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation Detail at Virginia Peninsula Community College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies