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Discover the local higher education schools that offer opportunities to increase your knowledge:
Four-year & graduate programs
Community colleges
Specialty & satellite schools
Four-year & graduate programs
Averett University
Private. Based in Danville, with two Hampton Roads campuses in Chesapeake and Newport News
Local enrollment : about 350
Information: (757) 549-0359, www.averett.edu/gps
Cambridge College Regional Center
Private, located in the Greenbrier section of Chesapeake, with its main campus in Cambridge, Mass.
Local enrollment: about 950
Information: (757) 424-0333, www.cambridgecollege.edu/chesapeake
Centura College
Information: Chesapeake, (757) 549-2121; Newport News (757) 874-2121; Norfolk, (757) 853-2121; Virginia Beach: (757) 340-2121; Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Chesapeake, (757) 363-2121; Tidewater Tech Trades in Norfolk (757) 858-8324, www.centuracollege.edu
Christopher Newport University
A four-year public university in Newport News
Enrollment: about 4,800 students
Information: (757) 594-7015, (800) 333-4268, www.cnu.edu
The College of William and Mary
A four-year public university in Williamsburg. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is in Gloucester, and there is a campus at Oyster Point in Newport News.
Enrollment: 7,500 (about 5,500 undergraduates)
Information: (757) 221-4000, www.wm.edu
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Main campus, Eastern Virginia Medical Center, Norfolk; family medicine, Portsmouth; plastic surgery center, Virginia Beach; satellite clinical practice locations throughout Hampton Roads
Information: (757) 446-5600, www.evms.edu
The George Washington University
Based in Washington, D.C., with a campus in Hampton Roads Center at 1 Old Oyster Point Road, Newport News
Local enrollment: 325
Information: (757) 269-4949, www.nearyou.gwu.edu
Hampton University
Historically black university in Hampton with a College of Virginia Beach in Town Center
Enrollment: about 5,425
Information: (757) 727-5000; 727-5773 for continuing education, www.hamptonu.edu
Norfolk State University
Four-year public university in Norfolk. Courses also offered at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center
Enrollment: about 6,300
Information: (757) 823-8373, www.nsu.edu
Old Dominion University
Four-year public university in Norfolk
Enrollment: 23,000
Information: (757) 683-3000, www.odu.edu
Regent University
Private university in Virginia Beach. School of Education courses are offered on-site in the Washington, D.C., area.
Enrollment: 4,494
Information: (757) 226-4127, (800) 373-5504, www.regent.edu
Troy University
Public university based in Alabama
Enrollment: about 1,200
Information: (757) 451-8202; www.troy.edu
The Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 363-3930 ext.302; www.hrc.vt.edu
Virginia Wesleyan College
A United Methodist Church affiliate on the Norfolk-Virginia Beach border
Enrollment 1,400
Information: (757) 455-3200, www.vwc.edu
Community colleges
Paul D. Camp Community College
Classes offered in Franklin, Suffolk and Smithfield
Enrollment: about 1,500
Information: (757) 569-6700, www.pdc.edu
Thomas Nelson Community College
Campuses in Hampton and Williamsburg
Enrollment: about 13,000
Information: Hampton campus, (757) 825-2700; Williamsburg campus, (757) 253-4300, www.tncc.edu
Tidewater Community College
Campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, plus a regional Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth, the TCC Roper Performing
Arts Center in downtown Norfolk and a regional Advanced Technology Center on its Virginia Beach campus
Enrollment: 38,000 students annually
Information: (757) 822-1122, www.tcc.edu
Specialty & satellite schools
Advanced Fuller School of Massage
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 340-7132, www.advancedfullerschool.com
Advanced Technology Institute
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 490-1241, www.auto.edu
Atlantic University
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 631-8101, www.atlanticuniv.edu
Bryant & Stratton College
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 499-7900, www.bryantstratton.edu
Culinary Institute of Virginia
The School of Culinary Arts at ECPI College of Technology, Norfolk
Information: (757) 858-CHEF, www.chefva.com
ECPI College of Technology
Main campus in Virginia Beach and a branch campus in Newport News
Information: Virginia Beach, (757) 490-9090; Newport News, (757) 838-9191, www.ecpi.edu
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Campuses at Norfolk Naval Station, Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Fort Eustis in Newport News and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton
Information: (757) 440-5078, www.erau.edu/norfolk
Medical Careers Institute
The School of Health Science at ECPI College of Technology, Virginia Beach and Newport News
Information: Virginia Beach, (757) 497-8400; Newport News, (757) 873-2423; www.medical.edu
Saint Leo University
Private university based in Florida, with satellite campuses in Hampton Roads: Fort Eustis, Langley Air Force Base, Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Oceana Naval Air Station, Norfolk Naval Station
Information: (757) 766-1812 or (757) 766-1814, www.saintleo.edu
Strayer University
Chesapeake, Newport News and Virginia Beach
Information: (866) 324-5917; vapilot.strayer.edu
University of Virginia Hampton Roads Center
Virginia Beach
Information: (757) 552-1890; www.uvahamptonroadscenter.info
– Stacy Parker
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