Blue Ridge
Community and Technical College
Public Community College in Martinsburg, WV. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $39,293.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,293, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 32% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 32% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 50% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,564 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,514 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,201 at $0–30k against $11,522 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $4,493. 36% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 208 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $4,201 |
| $30–48k | $4,002 |
| $48–75k | $5,911 |
| $75–110k | $6,572 |
| $110k+ | $11,522 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 564 of these 1,564 students, totalling $2,367,555 — an average of $4,198 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Berkeley County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)