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Science Schools in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, VA (population: 439,564) has seven science schools within its city limits. Advanced Technology Institute, the highest ranked school in the city with a science program, has a total student population of 827. It is the 1435th highest ranked school in the USA and the 37th highest in the state of Virginia (#1 is Washington and Lee University).

Science students from Virginia Beach schools who go on to become scientists, information scientists, bioengineers, biophysicists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,308,380 people working as life, physical, and social science employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,660. Also, Operations research analysts make on average $75,370 per year and there are about 60,960 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-NC area alone, there are 460 employed operations research analysts earning an average salary of $90,930. Life, physical, and social science employees in this area earn $60,870/yr and there are 4,890 employed.

Virginia Beach lies in Virginia Beach county, which is one of the 61 counties in Virginia. Overall, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-NC area has 735,390 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $19.28/hr average worker wage, and a $40,100 average annual salary. Thus, about 6.654 out of every 1000 jobs in Virginia Beach are held by life, physical, and social science employees, and 0.620/1000 are held by operations research analysts.

Of the 7 science schools in Virginia Beach, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Virginia Career Institute comes out as the most expensive ($36,075/yr) for science students, with ECPI College of Technology as the lowest, reported at only $13,376/yr.

Science Programs in Virginia Beach

ECPI College of Technology

• Computer and information sciences and support services
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Computer and Information Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Health professions and related clinical sciences
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Forensic Science and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Centura College

• Computer and information sciences and support services
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Health professions and related clinical sciences
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Virginia Career Institute

• Health professions and related clinical sciences
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Regent University

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Social sciences
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
• Political Science and Government, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Bryant and Stratton College-Virginia Beach

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Computer and information sciences and support services
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Computer and Information Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Health professions and related clinical sciences
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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See Also

• Science Information
• Salary Details for an Information Scientist
• Online Science Schools
• Online Science Programs
• Online Science Courses
• Online Science Certifications

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