Top Virginia Vocational Schools : Programs, Colleges, Degrees, Courses, Classes, Certification, Training

Vocational Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 90 schools that offer vocational programs. James Madison University, the highest-ranking vocational school in VA, has a total student population of 18,971 and is the 72nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 90 vocational schools in Virginia, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Everest College-McLean comes out as the most expensive ($43,158/yr), with Riverside School of Health Careers as the lowest recorded at only $5,250/yr.

Vocational students from Virginia schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 17,400 employed middle school teachers earning an average yearly salary of $59,000. Vocational education teachers in this state earn $47,110/yr and there are 1,630 employed.

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

Vocational Programs in Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

Riverside School of Health Careers

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

Career Training Solutions

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

ECPI College of Technology

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

ECPI Technical College

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

MedSpa Careers Institute

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

Centura College

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

Centura College

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

Richmond School of Health and Technology

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Levels offered: Certificate

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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