Eastern West
Virginia Community and Technical College
Public Community College in Moorefield, WV. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $31,636.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,636, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 42% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 64% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 196 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,342 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $6,392 at $0–30k, $12,425 at $110k+. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,133 — common but not automatic. 25% 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 · 33 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 | $6,392 |
| $30–48k | $8,962 |
| $48–75k | $10,281 |
| $75–110k | $11,752 |
| $110k+ | $12,425 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 49 of these 196 students, totalling $175,987 — an average of $3,592 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hardy 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)