Brightpoint Community College
Public Community College in Chester, VA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $41,223.
Students who entered Brightpoint Community College reach a median of $41,223 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 38% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 18% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 43% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,548 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,950 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,150 at $0–30k against $11,669 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. Only 5% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 696 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 | $4,150 |
| $30–48k | $4,803 |
| $48–75k | $6,376 |
| $75–110k | $8,764 |
| $110k+ | $11,669 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 296 of these 5,548 students, totalling $1,611,147 — an average of $5,443 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chesterfield 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)