Patrick &
Henry Community College
Public Community College in Martinsville, VA. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $33,323.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,323, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 42% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The part-time picture is harder: 39% return, against 62% full-time. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,411 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,446 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($3,671 versus $10,498), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 81% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,227 — 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 · 330 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 | $3,671 |
| $30–48k | $4,008 |
| $48–75k | $4,832 |
| $75–110k | $5,820 |
| $110k+ | $10,498 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Henry 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)