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Christian Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains three schools that offer christian programs. Eastern Mennonite University, the highest-ranking christian school in VA, has a total student population of 1,525 and is the 300th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 3 christian schools in Virginia, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Eastern Mennonite University comes out as the most expensive ($20,097/yr), with Regent University as the lowest recorded at only $18,449/yr.

Christian students from Virginia schools who go on to become pastors, ministers, priests, christian faith workers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,140 people working as religious workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,160. Also, Community and social services employees make on average $42,750 per year and there are about 1,891,320 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 49,850 employed community and social services employees earning an average yearly salary of $43,960. Religious workers in this state earn $37,910/yr and there are employed.

Also, within the christian schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from christian, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Virginia Interesting Facts

• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
• Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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