10-yr median earnings
$36,432
Federal aid recipients only
Public · South Charleston, West Virginia
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public institution in South Charleston, West Virginia. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $4,565
- Avg net price / yr
- $36,432
- 10-yr median earnings
- 30.3%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
BridgeValley Community & Technical College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 36th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 30.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +6%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Midsize
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this BridgeValley Community & Technical College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
50/100
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$36,432
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$4,565
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
30.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B
$9,829
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
51.7%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$4,565
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
30.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 30.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - BridgeValley Community & Technical College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How BridgeValley Community & Technical College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
BridgeValley Community & Technical College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$36,432 36th percentile higher than 36% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | BridgeValley Community & Technical College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $36,432 | #3281 of 5103 | 36th |
| Average net price | $4,565 | #260 of 5020 | 95th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 30.3% | #4266 of 4858 | 12th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,854 | #1549 of 5462 | 72nd |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
1,854
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
30.3%
150%-time completion
$36,432
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How BridgeValley Community & Technical College ranks in West Virginia
State rank among 59 reporting West Virginia colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | BridgeValley Community & Technical College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $36,432 | #32 of 59 | 46th |
| Average net price | $4,565 | #14 of 61 | 77th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 30.3% | #49 of 56 | 13th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,854 | #8 of 64 | 88th |
Highest former-student earnings in West Virginia
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | $69,666 | - |
| 2 | Wheeling University | $57,949 | $20,503 |
| 3 | West Virginia University | $55,939 | $15,634 |
| 4 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | $55,939 | $9,337 |
| 5 | Potomac State College of West Virginia University | $55,939 | $9,197 |
| 6 | University of Charleston | $55,774 | $22,107 |
| 7 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | $51,593 | $18,083 |
| 8 | Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center | $51,465 | -$767 |
| 9 | Shepherd University | $49,358 | $11,363 |
| 10 | United Technical Center | $49,130 | $3,461 |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | $46,857 | $9,032 |
| 12 | Marshall University | $46,354 | $7,502 |
| 32 | BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeThis school | $36,432 | $4,565 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at BridgeValley Community & Technical College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$4,321 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$4,539 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$7,211 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$7,509 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at BridgeValley Community & Technical College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $5,800 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $12,428 |
| Average Net Price | $4,565 |
46.6%
Pell Grant Rate
22.5%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,829
Median Debt
$104/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at BridgeValley Community & Technical College swings rather than trends
Across 9 reported years between 2015 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $4,927 to $8,181 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +1.3%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$4,927
Highest year
$8,181
Most recent (2023)
$4,992
9 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2015 · $4,9272023 · $4,992
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2015–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
62.5%
Female
55.1%
First Generation
Outcomes
$34,209
Median Earnings (6yr)
51.0%
Earning Over $25K
51.7%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 30.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $34,209 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $36,432 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 51.0% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 51.7% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $9,829 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $104/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Top programs at BridgeValley Community & Technical College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$79,868 median earnings
- Physical Science Technolog…
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians
$69,606 median earnings
- Allied Health Diagnostic, …
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$60,273 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$54,013 median earnings
- Liberal Arts and Sciences,…
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
$42,513 median earnings
- Mental and Social Health S… $31,592
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
$31,592 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Similar Reported Net Price
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$4,561 net price · $4 apart
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for BridgeValley Community & Technical College? ▼
BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public institution in South Charleston, West Virginia. Undergraduate enrollment is 1,854 students.
How much do BridgeValley Community & Technical College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at BridgeValley Community & Technical College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $36,432 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $34,209.
How much does BridgeValley Community & Technical College cost? ▼
The average net price at BridgeValley Community & Technical College is $4,565. In-state tuition is $5,800 and out-of-state tuition is $12,428. Median student debt at graduation is $9,829.
What is the graduation rate at BridgeValley Community & Technical College? ▼
BridgeValley Community & Technical College has a 30.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is BridgeValley Community & Technical College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at BridgeValley Community & Technical College is $9,829, while former students earn a median of $36,432 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 27% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 51.7% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $104.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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