Best Title Examiner programs in Virginia, ranked by enrollment
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17 schools in Virginia run programs that feed this job, graduating 459 people a year. The job pays a median of $54,230 in Virginia across about 1,340 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Virginia that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in Virginia that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Virginia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Virginia page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 22.0302In Virginia → | 459 | 100.0% | 17 | $37,542 | $25,166 |
Top 17 schools in Virginia
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 17 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty University Lynchburg, VA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 221 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $41,973 | 65% | $28,911 | 99% |
| 2 | American National University Salem, VA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 33% | $20,666 | — |
| 3 | Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 31 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $36,150 | 32% | — | — |
| 4 | Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 23 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $45,915 | 33% | — | — |
| 5 | Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 20 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 40% | — | — |
| 6 | J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 19 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $38,066 | 32% | — | — |
| 7 | Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 38% | — | — |
| 8 | Regent University Virginia Beach, VA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $36,758 | 57% | $18,677 | 38% |
| 9 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 85% | $24,049 | 22% |
| 10 | New River Community College Dublin, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 50% | — | — |
| 11 | Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $30,998 | 24% | $12,786 | — |
| 12 | Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 34% | — | — |
| 13 | Hampton University Hampton, VA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 57% | $34,268 | 62% |
| 14 | Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 45% | — | — |
| 15 | Mountain Empire Community College Big Stone Gap, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 48% | — | — |
| 16 | Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 47% | — | — |
| 17 | Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville, VA Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 42% | — | — |
All 17 schools in Virginia
Every school in Virginia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private not-for-profit | 221 | 1 |
| American National University | Salem | Private for-profit | 49 | 1 |
| Tidewater Community College | Norfolk | Public | 31 | 1 |
| Northern Virginia Community College | Annandale | Public | 23 | 1 |
| Virginia Western Community College | Roanoke | Public | 20 | 1 |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College | Richmond | Public | 19 | 1 |
| Brightpoint Community College | Chester | Public | 16 | 1 |
| Regent University | Virginia Beach | Private not-for-profit | 16 | 1 |
| University of Richmond | University of Richmond | Private not-for-profit | 16 | 1 |
| New River Community College | Dublin | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 1 |
| Virginia Peninsula Community College | Hampton | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Hampton University | Hampton | Private not-for-profit | 6 | 1 |
| Laurel Ridge Community College | Middletown | Public | 6 | 1 |
| Mountain Empire Community College | Big Stone Gap | Public | 6 | 1 |
What title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Virginia
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $58,650. Virginia pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Virginia
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers page.
How to become a Title Examiner
Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Virginia
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 22.0302Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Common questions
Answers for people weighing title examiners, abstractors, and searchers programs in Virginia.
What degree do you need to become a Title Examiner?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Legal Assistant/Paralegal, which awarded 459 degrees in Virginia in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Title Examiner?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Legal Support Services. Together they graduate about 459 people a year in Virginia.
How much do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Virginia?+
The median is $54,230 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 7.5% below the U.S. median of $58,650. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers growing?+
BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 5,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Virginia?+
17 institutions in Virginia reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Abstractor, Title Officer, Title Examiner, Title Searcher among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 23-2093.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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