New River
Community and Technical College
Public Community College in Beaver, WV. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $29,073.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,073 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 36% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $7,250, 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Retention drops to 31% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 777 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,309 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 $110k+ bands is narrow ($2,657 versus $2,187), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 82% get grants averaging $7,119, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 19% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 169 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 | $2,657 |
| $30–48k | $3,804 |
| $48–75k | $5,989 |
| $75–110k | $4,891 |
| $110k+ | $2,187 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 147 of these 777 students, totalling $723,368 — an average of $4,921 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Raleigh 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)