How much does Virginia Highlands Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,022 a year, and $11,460 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,375 a year.

How many Virginia Highlands Community College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Virginia Highlands Community College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Virginia Highlands Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Virginia Highlands Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $5,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Virginia Highlands Community College certificate programs that report debt.

Public college
Abingdon, VA
1,349 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Virginia Highlands Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($62,422), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($15,962). The median program pays $28,357. Virginia Highlands Community College also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,022Per year. Out-of-state $11,460

Average net price after aid$5,375Per year

Graduation rate40%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Virginia.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
NursingAbout 77 graduates a year	$65,848	$73,350	$9,460	18th of 25
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 139 graduates a year	$16,768	$38,427	$5,500	20th of 20

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Virginia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 19 graduates a year	$62,422	Not reported	$9,500	1st of 8
2	Electrician TrainingAbout 47 graduates a year	$36,340	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 5
3	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 10 graduates a year	$32,277	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 9
4	Practical NursingAbout 12 graduates a year	$28,357	Not reported	Not reported	14th of 15
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$22,314	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
6	Welding and MachiningAbout 46 graduates a year	$21,472	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 8
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 99 graduates a year	$15,962	Not reported	$5,500	17th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Virginia programs in the field do too.

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$62,422
Electrician Training$36,340
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$32,277
Practical Nursing$28,357
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$22,314

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$5,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$9,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 99 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 47 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 46 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 19 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 12 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $62,422 in their first year, the most of 7 Virginia Highlands Community College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Virginia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels