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Communications Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 58 schools that offer communications programs. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranking communications school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 58 communications schools in Virginia, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Sanford-Brown College comes out as the most expensive ($49,321/yr), with Wytheville Community College as the lowest recorded at only $1,335/yr.

Communications students from Virginia schools who go on to become communication disorder specialists, speech therapists, speech language pathologists, teacher of the speech and hearing handicappeds, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 25,090 people working as communications teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,190. Also, Rehabilitation counselors make on average $34,710 per year and there are about 112,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 4,960 employed rehabilitation counselors earning an average yearly salary of $32,230. Communications teachers in this state earn $58,890/yr and there are 480 employed.

Also, within the communications schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from communications, 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.

Communications Programs in Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters

George Mason University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Old Dominion University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Radford University

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

ECPI College of Technology

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

Liberty University

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

ITT Technical Institute-Springfield

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Bluefield College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Norfolk State University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The Art Institute of Washington

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

ITT Technical Institute-Chantilly

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

ITT Technical Institute-Richmond

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Centura College

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Centura College

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates

ITT Technical Institute-Norfolk

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

DeVry University-Virginia

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Northern Virginia Community College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Centura College

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Wytheville Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Danville Community College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Southside Virginia Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Sanford-Brown College

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Stratford University

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Eastern Shore Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Tidewater Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Germanna Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Southwest Virginia Community College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Patrick Henry Community College

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Central Virginia Community College

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Blue Ridge Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Dabney S Lancaster Community College

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Virginia Western Community College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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• 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.
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See Also

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