Centura College-Newport News
For-profit Community College in Newport News, VA. Median 10-year earnings $25,930.
Students who entered Centura College-Newport News reach a median of $25,930 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,750.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 210 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,842 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $24,276 at $0–30k, $31,375 at $110k+. About 60% get grants averaging $5,354, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 36% of students.
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 · 25 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 | $24,276 |
| $30–48k | $27,672 |
| $48–75k | $24,111 |
| $75–110k | $31,625 |
| $110k+ | $31,375 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 75 of these 210 students, totalling $560,690 — an average of $7,476 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Newport News City) — 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)