2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 35,945 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 266 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,633 and $41,289 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 119 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health sciences and services.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree health science students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Virginia

1

John Tyler Community College
Chester, Virginia

Top 25% overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Tyler Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia list. John Tyler Community College is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Virginia that handed out 89 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at John Tyler Community College

2

Thomas Nelson Community College
Hampton, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Nelson Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia list. TNCC is a medium-sized school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 30 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Thomas Nelson Community College

3

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in Virginia list. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 0 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Regent University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.