Carver Career Center
Public Community College in Charleston, WV. Six-year graduation rate 92%. Median 10-year earnings $33,739.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,739, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 92% of students finish within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 92% — well above the national average
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 92% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 193 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,646 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($5,532 versus $8,363), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 74% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,035 — common but not automatic.
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 · 61 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 | $5,532 |
| $30–48k | $6,423 |
| $48–75k | $8,363 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kanawha 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)