Private nonprofit · Community college
Riverside College of Health Sciences
Newport News, Virginia · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,744
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $66,072
- Median earnings
Riverside College of Health Sciences is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Newport News, Virginia (midsize city setting), enrolling 350 undergraduates.
About Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. During the 17th century, shortly after founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. People who have grown up in the Hampton Roads area have a unique Tidewater accent which is found among natives of Eastern Virginia and Maryland. Vowels have a longer pronunciation than in most accents. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 16 miles to Norfolk, VA
- To the ocean
- < 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Newport News Williamsburg (PHF)
How Riverside College of Health Sciences compares
More selective than 99% · #1 most selective of 8 in Virginia
Higher than 98% · #1 of 65 in Virginia
Higher than 98% · #3 of 62 in Virginia
Cheaper than 29% · #42 cheapest of 61 in Virginia
Lower than 15%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 56%
Percentiles compare Riverside College of Health Sciences with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White59%
- Black25%
- Hispanic4.6%
- Asian2.6%
- Other or multiracial9.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 350
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Students over 25
- 57%
- Median family income
- $30,797
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $73,575
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $17,250
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,120
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,018
- Average net price
- $20,744
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 12.9%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 100%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,261
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,072
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,787
- Students with federal loans
- 75%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 61%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (350 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $66,072
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,787
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 22%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 83%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 47.8″
- Annual snow
- 2.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Langley Afb, VA US station (6.7 mi from campus).
What Riverside College of Health Sciences graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Riverside College of Health Sciences side by side →
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Transfer
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.









