2025 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Ranked #12 in popularity, general health services/allied health/health sciences is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for general health services/allied health/health sciences students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 associate degrees in general health services/allied health/health sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general health services/allied health/health sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general health services/allied health/health sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general health services/allied health/health sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general health services/allied health/health sciences students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences.

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Health Studies

1

John Tyler Community College
Chester, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

115 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences needs to look into John Tyler Community College. John Tyler Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Chester.More information about a associate in general health services/allied health/health sciences from John Tyler Community College

2

Thomas Nelson Community College
Hampton, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Thomas Nelson Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. TNCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Hampton.More information about a associate in general health services/allied health/health sciences from Thomas Nelson Community College

Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	269
Florida	232	160
North Carolina	231	69
Georgia	217	29
West Virginia	180	39
Tennessee	170	1
Arkansas	161	191
Kentucky	129	44
Louisiana	124	0

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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 1 majors within the Health Sciences & Services area of study, General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo. More about our data sources and methodologies.