Private nonprofit · Community college
Southside College of Health Sciences
Colonial Heights, Virginia · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $71,380
- Median earnings
Southside College of Health Sciences is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Colonial Heights, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 151 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Colonial Heights, Virginia
Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like much of eastern Virginia, the site of Colonial Heights was located within the Algonquian-speaking confederation known as Tenakomakah, ruled by Chief Powhatan, when the English colonists arrived at Jamestown on May 14, 1607. According to The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs, in 2013, Colonial Heights had an unemployment rate of 8.1%. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 19 miles to Richmond, VA
- To the ocean
- 8 miles
- Nearest airport
- 17 miles to Richmond (RIC) · major hub
How Southside College of Health Sciences compares
Higher than 99% · #1 of 62 in Virginia
Lower than 18%
Lower than 97%
Larger than 37%
Percentiles compare Southside 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 gender
- Women13791%
- Men149%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White62%
- Black25%
- Hispanic2.0%
- Asian4.0%
- Other or multiracial6.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 151
- Student–faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 59%
- Median family income
- $31,211
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $69,039
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
- $68,419
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $71,380
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,758
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 59%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $71,380
- Typical debt at graduation
- $13,758
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 19%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 84%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.9 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.
Women out-earn men by $13,567 (22%) 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 47″
- Annual snow
- 3.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Petersburg, VA US station (2 mi from campus).
What Southside 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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- 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.