Lord Fairfax Community College create a CTE program for health sciences in partnership with Lord Fairfax Community College Foundation. Loudoun County Public Schools(Middletown Campus, Clarke County High School, Shenandoah University Bernard Dunn School of Pharmacy, Page County Technical Center, Rappahannock County High School, Blue Ridge Technical Center, James Wood, Millbrook, and Sherando, Dowell J. Howard Center, Fauquier (TBA)) provides healthcare career pathways in the following programs:

• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Pharmacy Technology
• Medical Assistant
• Licensed Practical Nursing
• Patient Care Technician
• Medical Laboratory Technician
• EMT
• Health informatics
• Physical Therapist Assistant

RCC History
RCC stands as an embodiment of Thomas Jefferson’s vision of Virginia’s future, which included a system of colleges that would put the opportunity for higher education “within a day’s ride” of every citizen of the Commonwealth. Nearly 200 years later, in September of 1969, Jefferson’s dream began to come true for residents of the Middle Peninsula and the Northern Neck. In 1970 representatives of 13 counties met in Urbanna to create a local board for a new educational institution: a community college.

With two campuses planned — one in Glenns and the other in Warsaw — the new college would serve both sides of the Rappahannock River. It therefore seemed fitting that the river should give the college its name. As a symbol of the cooperation that made the building of the college possible, soil from all the counties in RCC’s service region was mixed at the groundbreaking ceremony held in Glenns on September 11, 1970.

A year later, students enrolled for classes at the Glenns Campus. Although new construction for the Warsaw Campus did not begin until 1972, classes were held in the Chinn House in Warsaw until the main building opened in 1973.

RCC held its first graduation in June 1973; 40 degrees and 11 certificates were conferred. Today, RCC continues to serve the region with an enrollment exceeding 4,000 students in 2018-19. In 2018-19, 963 degrees and certificates were awarded; 638 graduates are prepared for transfer or to enter the workforce.

RCC has guaranteed admissions agreements with over 40 public and private colleges and universities, providing a wide variety of opportunities for transfer.