
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach is a campus of Bryant & Stratton College, a career-focused institution whose history dates to 1854. The college began with business education and later expanded into fields including health care, human services, and technology.
That long institutional history should not be mistaken for the founding date of the Virginia Beach campus. For a prospective student, the more useful historical distinction is that Virginia Beach is part of a multicampus college: a program or service described in the college's history may not be offered at this particular location.
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach organizes its studies around career-oriented programs rather than a broad set of separately named academic colleges. Areas represented in its program information include nursing and other health fields, business, accounting, human services, and public health.
The college offers credentials at different levels across its wider institution, but applicants should check the Virginia Beach program listing for the exact degree, delivery format, and start term they want. That distinction matters particularly for nursing and other health programs, where clinical placements and professional requirements can make a program less interchangeable across campuses than a general business course.
Reported staffing includes 14 full-time and 35 part-time faculty members, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1. The ratio describes institutional staffing; it does not establish the size of every class or the availability of an instructor in a particular major.
The campus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, within the Hampton Roads region. Its setting makes commuting, rather than residence-hall living, a practical consideration for many students.
Students evaluating a schedule should consider travel from home or work and, where relevant, travel to internships or clinical sites. Hampton Roads has several nearby cities, but cross-city trips can take substantially longer at busy times. Norfolk International Airport is the more relevant nearby commercial airport for Virginia Beach; Richmond International Airport is considerably farther away.
Bryant & Stratton College describes its educational purpose in career-oriented terms: connecting academic study with skills students can use in employment and further professional development. That stated mission helps explain its emphasis on applied programs, career services, and experiential learning.
A mission statement is an account of the college's priorities, not evidence that every student will secure an internship, obtain a job, or reach a particular salary. Applicants can assess how the mission is put into practice by comparing their intended program's courses, hands-on requirements, and available support with their own goals.
Name of the institution
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachLevel of institution
Four or more yearsControl of institution
PrivateSetting type
City: LargeInstitutional Category
Degree - granting, not primarily baccalaureate or aboveInstitution size category
1,000 - 4,999School type
Four-year collegeMain student body
CoeducationalCalendar system
SemestersFoundation year
1854Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation confirms that the school meets quality standards and is required for students to receive federal financial aid.
Certificate of at least 1 year, but less than 2 years
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degreeData last updated on November 2, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.