collageECPI University, Virginia Beach
Making the decision to earn your degree and pursue your career goals could be the best decision you ever make. Enroll at ECPI University and you’ll join a collaborative and fostering learning environment, surrounded by faculty and staff who are there to support you through the entire process.
What sets ECPI University apart? Just ask the employers who hire our graduates. Since 1966, more than 3,800 employers have looked to ECPI for talented professionals who are capable of entering the workplace and doing the job right on the very first day. That’s because our curriculum is designed to meet the needs of today’s highly-specialized job market.
Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Wesleyan University in Norfolk, Virginia offers top-notch academics as well as outside opportunities in a personal, tight-knit environment.
With high academic rankings from Princeton Review and others, Virginia Wesleyan boasts an impressive faculty, most of whom have received the highest degree in their field and many of whom received their education from the most prestigious universities.
Virginia Wesleyan offers more than 35 degree programs in arts, humanities, social sciences and professional fields, among others.
For adult learners, Virginia Wesleyan also offers an individualized and highly flexible bachelor’s program.
Additional programs to help students on their journey to a career or graduate school include career internships and a thorough career development program.
Social and extracurricular opportunities include numerous religious, cultural and academic clubs and creative opportunities.
With fewer than 1,500 students and most of them residing on campus, Virginia Wesleyan’s student life is both vibrant and personalized.
Tuition is comparable to that of other regional private schools, and financial aid is available to those who qualify. Admissions applications to Virginia Wesleyan may be completed online.
Averett University
Averett University is a private Baptist college in Danville, Virginia. Founded in 1859 as a women’s college, Averett became a 4-year, coeducational institution in 1969. In 2011, the university restored its Baptist affiliation, renewing a relationship that had existed from Averett’s founding until 2005.
The school was chartered in 1859 as Union Female College and became affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia in 1910. The school’s name was changed to Averett College and received accreditation as a junior college in 1917. Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools followed in 1928. Averett became a coeducational four-year college in 1969 and offered its first graduate programs in the 1980s. The school changed its name to Averett University in 2001.
In 2005, the Baptist General Association of Virginia dissolved their ties with Averett after the university abandoned Baptist positions on homosexuality.[3] In November 2011, the Baptist General Association of Virginia voted to restore the association’s relationship with Averett University.[4]
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