Private nonprofit · College
Sentara College of Health Sciences
Chesapeake, Virginia · Large city
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- Graduation rate
- $77,821
- Median earnings
Sentara College of Health Sciences is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Chesapeake, Virginia (large city setting), enrolling 242 undergraduates.
About Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. Formed in 1691 in the Virginia Colony, Norfolk County had originally included essentially all the area which became the towns and later cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and South Norfolk. Its area was reduced after 1871 as these cities added territory through annexations. In 2015, in honor of the game's 80th birthday, Hasbro held an online vote in order to determine which cities would make it into an updated version of the Monopoly Here and Now: The US Edition of the game. Chesapeake, Virginia won the wildcard round, earning it a brown spot. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 6 miles to Norfolk, VA
- To the ocean
- 6 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Norfolk (ORF) · major hub
How Sentara College of Health Sciences compares
Higher than 90% · #5 of 51 in Virginia
Lower than 79%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 14%
Percentiles compare Sentara College of Health Sciences with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate24280%
- Graduate6120%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women22191%
- Men219%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White54%
- Black16%
- Hispanic7.4%
- Asian6.6%
- Other or multiracial16%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 242
- Graduate enrollment
- 61
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 35%
- First-generation students
- 37%
- Students over 25
- 55%
- Median family income
- $47,563
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $80,523
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $78,992
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $77,821
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,450
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 71%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $85
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 (312 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $77,821
- Typical debt at graduation
- $19,450
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 25%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 85%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $13,933 (19%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 53.3″
- Annual snow
- 6.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Norfolk S, VA US station (6.5 mi from campus).
What Sentara 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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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.